Gender Responsive Budgeting in Pakistan: Experience and Lessons Learned

November 2007 | By Nadeem Mahbub and Debbie Budlender

This article describes the experience and lessons learned to date during the implementation of gender-responsive budgeting in Pakistan through a dedicated project ‘Gender Responsive Budgeting Initiative’ (GRB). The article provides background and details on GRB activities undertaken including implementation of various GRB tools, steps taken to gender sensitize the budget processes, linkages and synergies developed, and challenges and lessons learned.