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Anexo 13: Federal Cross-Cutting Budget Annex for Gender Equality (Mexico)

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Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 72% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Mexico's Anexo 13 earmarks federal spending for gender equality since 2008, growing from ~12bn to over 132bn pesos by 2021. Independent analysts find it concentrated in one ministry, with unclear effect on gender-based violence.

MXN 12bn -> MXN 132bn
Anexo 13 tagged spending (2008-2021)
Anexo 13: Federal Cross-Cutting Budget Annex for Gender Equality (Mexico)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público; Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres
Period
2008–present
Keywords
public sector, budgeting, fiscal policy, gender equality, public finance

Context

Since 2008, Mexico's Federal Expenditure Budget has included Anexo 13 ('Erogaciones para la Igualdad entre Mujeres y Hombres'), a cross-cutting annex earmarking spending across ministries toward equality between women and men, eradicating gender-based violence, and eliminating gender discrimination.

Results

Funding tagged under Anexo 13 grew from roughly MXN 12 billion in 2008 to more than MXN 132 billion by 2021 -- over a tenfold increase in nominal terms.

Conclusions

Independent academic and civil-society analyses (including Fundar and IMCO) found the growth has not translated proportionally into closing structural gender gaps, particularly gender-based violence: spending is heavily concentrated, with over half absorbed by a single ministry (Social Welfare), and many tagged programmes still lack explicit gender indicators to measure real impact.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Very high (> €5M) — MXN 132 billion tagged in 2021 (roughly USD 6.6 billion at contemporary rates).
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Mandatory annex maintained continuously since 2008.
Staffing & skills
Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres, participating federal ministries

Conditions for success

  • cross-cutting budget tagging requirement across ministries

Common failure modes

  • spending concentrated in one ministry
  • many tagged programmes lack explicit gender indicators

Where it fits

Governance type
national government
Scale
national
Income level
upper-middle-income

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