Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each statement should be placed in the blank space provided so as to make meaningful and grammatically correct sentence?
Not everything has gone well for gender budgeting, however. Some initiatives have proved half-hearted, short-lived or prey to party politics. Egypt introduced the concept in 2009, encouraged by international donors; when the donors left, it petered out. Australia was the first country to have gender budgeting._________
1
Other countries have issued sexual-equality statements and begun tracking data, but have not changed budget allocations
2
Gender budgeting has won the backing of international financial institutions.
3
But today’s conservative government saw it as left-leaning and anti-austerity and dropped it in 2014, the year after it took office.
4
Professing loyalty to an idea is easier than acting on its implications.