Bangladesh's Gender Budget Report — Ministry of Finance Gender-Responsive Budgeting

Bangladesh's Ministry of Finance has published an annual Gender Budget Report since the FY2009-10 budget speech, when the Finance Minister first presented a standalone statement on allocations earmarked for women's advancement. The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs coordinates the exercise across line ministries; coverage expanded from 4 ministries in FY2009-10 to more than 40 ministries and divisions by FY2023, with the underlying accounting method now integrated into the government's iBAS++ digital budgeting system.
Gender-relevant allocation has been tracked as a share of the national budget for over 15 years: from roughly 24.7% of the budget in FY2010 to about 34.4% by FY2024, per the Centre for Policy Dialogue's analysis of official Gender Budget Reports; the FY2026 report shows a nominal decrease to 33.01% of the budget (4.18% of GDP), down from 34.11% (4.86% of GDP) in FY2025. Reporting quality varies sharply: only 16 of 62 ministries and divisions currently provide the fully detailed operating-plus-development budget breakdown.
The Centre for Policy Dialogue's independent assessment (December 2025) is explicit about the limits of the exercise: Bangladesh uses Gender Finance Tracking rather than Gender Impact Assessment, meaning allocations are tracked but 'cannot [be] reprioritise[d] or adjust[ed]... based on outcomes'; it finds 'low influence on actual budget decisions', no dedicated Gender Budget Cells across ministries, and no comprehensive sex-disaggregated database to check whether tracked money reaches its stated purpose.

Read the full analysis: https://cpd.org.bd/resources/2025/12/Session-2-gender-budget-journalist-workshop.pdf