Advancing Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Asia and the Pacific

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This technical assistance (TA) will support developing member countries (DMCs), including Armenia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Solomon Islands, and Uzbekistan, in integrating and advancing gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) into fiscal policymaking and public financial management (PFM). This will be the first multiregion TA of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that focuses on GRB. It will support policy dialogue and develop the capacities of government agencies on GRB approaches and good practices in government policies and programs through training, workshops, and knowledge products and solutions.This TA will generate upstream knowledge and evidence to inform policy development across ADB's DMCs and will directly support the development of GRB policies and strategies linked with ongoing policy-based programs in selected countries. Specifically, the TA will generate new knowledge and information on mainstreaming gender equality in PFM systems, provide training to government stakeholders, develop methodologies for conducting gender gap assessments, and establish processes for GRB at the national level. Given that mainstreaming gender in PFM is important to ensuring that government budgets and financial policies promote gender equality and address the unique needs and priorities of all citizens, TA resources are necessary to convey internationally recognized good practices and standards to DMCs. The TA includes two small island developing statesSolomon Islands and Nauruwhere GRB has not been formally initiated and where a tailored approach will be pursued, cognizant of the intersecting challenges of demography, geography, and cultural norms.This TA contributes to operational priorities 2 and 6 of ADB's Strategy 2030, and the resilience and empowerment strategic focus area and development result 4 of Strategy 2030 Midterm Review. Promoting GRB in DMCs is aligned with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality. This TA is also aligned with development priorities of the respective DMCs and is anchored in their respective country partnership strategies, as well as the Pacific Approach, 20212025.