While still struggling to recover from the economic impact of the pandemic, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face unprecedented challenges with limited fiscal space. Finding the right expenditure strategy is more important than ever. In this scenario, advancing gender equality offers significant opportunity, with the potential to both address growing gender … [Read more...] about Gender Budgeting: What is it and Why it is Important for Gender Equality and Economic Growth
Virginia Alonso Albarrán
Virginia Alonso Albarrán
Virginia Alonso Albarrán Virginia Alonso Albarran is a Senior Economist in the Public Financial Management Division II in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF. Before joining the IMF, she worked as economist and advisory positions in the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Spain, on the design and implementation of Public Financial Management reforms and macro-fiscal issues. She has worked on Gender Budgeting for the Fund, providing capacity development and contributing to its analytical work, recently co-authored papers include Gender Budgeting in the G7 and the G20 countries.