Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Gender and Participation -- Participation -- Benefits of Public Participation -- Stages of Public Participation -- What Is Gender? -- Gender Equality in Afghanistan -- Women's Economic Empowerment -- Why Women's Economic Empowerment Is Important -- Foundations of Women's Empowerment in Afghanistan -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Budget and Budgeting Process -- Budgeting Process -- Budget Formulation -- Budget Approval -- Budget Execution -- Budget Oversight -- Key Budget Documents -- National Development Strategy -- National Priority Programs -- Main Challenges in the Budgeting Process -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Access to Information -- Access to Budget Information -- Provincial-Level Budgetary Information -- Government Public Outreach -- Role of Donors and International Organizations in Public Access to Information -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Public Participation Mechanisms and Challenges -- Elections -- Complaint and Suggestion Boxes and Phones -- Public Meetings or Gatherings -- Elders Meeting with Government -- Public Protests -- Internet and Social Media -- Citizen Participation in Monitoring and Evaluation -- Citizen Report Card -- Social Audit -- Mystery Client Surveys -- Participation Mechanisms Challenges -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Status of Public Participation in Planning, Budgeting and Oversight -- Status of Public Participation in Planning -- Status of Participation in Budgeting -- Provincial Development Committees and Plans -- Provincial Councils -- District- and Community-Level Councils -- Provincial Municipalities -- Budgetary Reforms -- Misperception About Public Participation -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Gender-Responsive Budgeting -- History of Gender-Responsive Budgeting.

Goals and Benefits of Gender-Responsive Budgeting -- Women's Participation in Planning and Budgeting -- Gender-Responsive Budgeting Progress in Afghanistan -- Raising Women's Expectation Needs to Be Proportional to Ground Realities -- Gender-Responsive Budgeting Challenges -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Role of the Executive Branch in Gender and Public Participation -- Ministry of Finance -- Ministry of Women's Affairs -- Supreme Audit Office -- Ministry of Economy -- Central Statistics Organization -- Independent Directorate of Local Governance -- Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ulama Council -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: Role of the Legislature in Gender and Public Participation -- Representation -- Legislation -- Parliamentary Oversight -- General Secretariats of the Parliament -- Gender and Legislature -- Participation and Legislature -- Misuse of Parliamentary Power -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: Role of Civil Society Organizations and Media in Gender and Public Participation in Afghanistan -- Role of CSOs in the Budget Process -- Civil Society Organizations and Gender -- Role of CSOs in Decision Making and Lobbying -- Challenges Faced by Civil Society Organizations -- Role of the Media in Public Participation -- Development Under Insurgency -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10: Eradicating Corruption -- Sources of Corruption -- Combating Corruption -- Role of Women in Combating Corruption -- Challenges in Combating Corruption -- Afghan-US Compact -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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