Do Gender Targets and Gender Working Groups Contribute to More Gender-Sensitive Budget Support? Evidence from 14 Sub-Saharan African Countries

Nathalie Holvoet () and Liesbeth Inberg
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Nathalie Holvoet: University of Antwerp
Liesbeth Inberg: University of Antwerp

The European Journal of Development Research, 2016, vol. 28, issue 5, No 5, 875-892

Abstract: Abstract Aiming to increase the gender-sensitivity of budget support, the inclusion of sex-disaggregated indicators in Performance Assessment Frameworks (PAFs) and the set up of joint gender (sector) working groups have been proposed as possible remedying incentives. This article explores whether and in which (aid and country) contexts these measures have contributed to increasing female enrolment in primary education, by studying a sample of 14 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The findings of our QCA-analysis demonstrate that particularly a combination of both types of incentives contributes to high performance in increasing female primary enrolment. Additionally, both types of measures prove to be especially effective in highly aid-dependent countries. If aid dependency is combined with a supportive country context, the presence of a gender working group seems to be sufficient; in a less enabling country, setting the inclusion of sex-disaggregated indicators in the PAF is necessary, although not sufficient.

Keywords: budget support; QCA (qualitative comparative analysis); gender; primary education enrolment; incentives; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2015.58

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