The expenditure of the Gender Unit also saw a growing share of noncore resources as a percentage of its budget, from 23 per cent in 2008 to 39 per cent in 2013. This also impacted the number of global team staff, which grew from 4 posts in 2006 to 23 posts in 2010, and then declined to 8 by 2013. Evidence suggests that the majority of country offices have received support from gender practice leaders and that this guidance has been valued.