02. Reading a budget for who it reaches

Lecture quiz

Quiz - Reading a budget for who it reaches

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. What is the main weakness of a gender budget statement that lists spending by ministry with no further comment?

    • It is too long
    • It restates the budget without analysing who it reachesCorrect
    • It omits the treasury's letterhead
    • It uses too many numbers

    A statement that lists figures without analysis is rejected as often as it is approved - reviewers are checking for analysis, not a restated budget.

  2. 2. 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.

  3. 3. 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.

  4. 4. 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.

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 can a budget line written in gender-neutral language still reach men and women very unevenly?

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    2 of 4 have to appear to pass.

    Model answer: A line like 'agricultural extension services' is neutral in wording, but if officers visit during hours or channels only one group can access, it reaches men and women in very different proportions.

  2. 2. In two or three sentences: why is checking who used a line last year better than assuming neutrality from its wording?

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    2 of 4 have to appear to pass.

    Model answer: The only way to know whether a line is genuinely neutral in effect is to check who used it last year, disaggregated by sex. Assuming neutrality from the wording alone is the single most common error in a first read-through.