05. Costing a gender-responsive intervention

Lecture quiz

Quiz - Costing a gender-responsive intervention

Gender-Responsive Budgeting. Unlimited attempts, no timer, and one pass mark for the whole platform - applied the same way to the 2 written questions below the multiple choice.

4 questionsPass mark 70%No results recorded+ 2 written questions

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Questions

The correct answer and its explanation are shown together here so you can check them at a glance - neither is ever shown to a learner attempting the quiz, right or wrong.

  1. 1. Where does most sex-disaggregated administrative data actually come from?

    • A dedicated national household survey
    • Existing beneficiary registers and attendance records not yet analysed by sexCorrect
    • Data purchased from a private vendor
    • It generally does not exist anywhere

    Beneficiary registers and attendance sheets are frequently already collected by sex, even where nobody has analysed them that way yet.

  2. 2. Why does uncounted gender-responsive spending weaken an institution's next budget request?

    • It has no effect on future requests
    • A completed, evidenced report is the strongest argument for the next allocation, and uncounted spending provides noneCorrect
    • It triggers an automatic audit
    • It reduces the pass mark for future submissions

    A well-evidenced report is proof the previous investment worked. Spending that was never tagged and reported cannot be used to make that case.

  3. 3. What is the most common misunderstanding about gender-responsive budgeting?

    • That it requires new legislation
    • That it means setting aside a separate fund for womenCorrect
    • That it only applies to health and education
    • That it cannot be audited

    GRB is a method for examining and adjusting the whole budget for who it reaches - it does not create a separate, earmarked fund.

  4. 4. Why can a budget line written in gender-neutral language still be gender-unequal in effect?

    • Because budgets are always biased
    • Because who actually uses a service can differ sharply even when the line's wording does not name any groupCorrect
    • Because gender-neutral language is illegal
    • Because it is never checked

    'Agricultural extension services' sounds neutral, but if officers visit only during hours or channels one group can access, the line reaches groups very unevenly in practice.

Written questions

Optional - a lecture is complete without any. Add two-to-three sentence explanation questions where the multiple-choice quiz cannot tell whether an idea actually landed - as soon as one exists, a learner must pass it at 70%, the same platform-wide mark as the quiz, before the next lecture opens.

  1. 1. In two or three sentences: why are gender-responsive adjustments usually marginal design changes rather than new spending?

    marginaldesign changeschedulebudget line

    2 of 4 have to appear to pass.

    Model answer: Shifting a visit schedule or adding a second consultation time are typically marginal design changes rather than new budget lines. Costing them against a real programme usually shows the increment is far smaller than expected.

  2. 2. In two or three sentences: why should a costed adjustment be presented beside the participation gap it targets?

    participation gapreturnapprovespend

    2 of 4 have to appear to pass.

    Model answer: A costed adjustment presented beside the participation gap it is meant to close, rather than as an abstract inclusion cost, is easier for a budget officer to approve, because the return on the spend is stated alongside the spend itself.