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Tools to hold your government accountable

Our Money, Our Responsibility: A Citizens' Guide to Monitoring Government Expenditures
This Guide offers an overview of government budget implementation processes and provides practical, tested tools that can be used by civil society organizations interested in monitoring government expenditures.
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A Guide to Tax Work for NGOs

The guide is intended to help demystify revenue policy issues and give civil society budget groups the tools they need to influence revenue policy in the same way that they have been able to influence expenditure policy.
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How can Civil Society Organizations monitor Public Budgets?

The guide is a comprehensive description of the basic principles of applied budget work, examples of useful resources, and best practices.

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How to
use Budget Analysis to Advance Human Rights?

The guide was prepared by Fundar, the International Budget Partnership, and the International Human Rights Internship Program.

 

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Expanding Collaboration Between Public Audit Institutions and Civil Society
Overviews of innovative civil society and SAI practices adopted in six countries and analysis of the opportunities for increasing collaboration between civil society organizations and national public audit institutions.

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Can Civil Society add Value to Budget Decision-Making?
A description of the expanding contribution of civil society organizations to public budgets in developing countries.
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Job Opportunity

The IBP is looking for a training/technical assistance provider.  Read more here.

OBI Responds to ICGFM’s Blog Posting

On May 20, 2009, the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management (ICGFM) posted videos of Open Budget Initiative (OBI) Manager Vivek Ramkumar responding to questions on the Open Budget Index 2008 raised at the ICGFM’s 23rd Annual Conference in Miami, Florida. While posting these videos helps to promote discussion on transparency and accountability, ICGFM chose to post them under the provocative title “Is the Open Budget Initiative Rating Accurate?”. Read OBI Response.
 

Budget Brief No.7 NEW!

Improving Budget Transparency and Accountability in Aid Dependent Countries:
How Can Donors Help?

by Vivek Ramkumar and Paolo de Renzio Read more here.
 

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Indonesia Country Report

Debbie Budlender and Hana A. Satriyo recently documented, on behalf of IBP and the Ford Foundation, the spread of budget work in Indonesia.  Their report - originally intended as an internal document to guide IBP's work in Indonesia - is now publicly available. Read report

 

New Maternal Mortality Website 

The International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights (IIMMHR) has launched its  website!

Publication of the Month

This brief prepared by the IBP and the International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights (IIMMHR) explores the relevance of civil society budget analysis and advocacy as a tool to hold governments accountable for their maternal mortality reduction commitments.

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