Egypt
Groups Doing Budget Work in Egypt
Egypt Open Budget Survey Results
Open Budget Survey 2017
IBP considers countries that score above 60 on the Open Budget Index as providing sufficient budget information to enable the public to engage in budget discussions in an informed manner. IBP considers countries scoring above 60 on participation and oversight as providing adequate opportunities for the public to participate in the budget process and providing adequate oversight practices, respectively.
Transparency (Open Budget Index)
41
out of 100
Egypt provides the public with limited budget information.
How Has the Open Budget Index Score Changed Over Time?
Recommendations for Improving Transparency
Egypt should prioritize the following actions to improve budget transparency:
- Publish a Mid-Year Review, a Year-End Report, and an Audit Report online.
- Increase the information provided in the Executive’s Budget Proposal by improving information on performance and policy and by increasing data on expenditures by publishing both the budget year’s estimates by administrative classification as well as multi-year estimates.
- Increase the information provided in the Pre-Budget Statement.
Public Participation
11
out of 100
Egypt provides few opportunities for the public to engage in the budget process.
Recommendations for Improving Participation
Egypt should prioritize the following actions to improve public participation in its budget process:
- Pilot mechanisms for members of the public and executive branch officials to exchange views on national budget matters during both the formulation of the national budget and the monitoring of its implementation. These mechanisms could build on innovations, such as participatory budgeting and social audits. For examples of such mechanisms, see fiscaltransparency.net/mechanisms.
- Hold legislative hearings on the formulation of the annual budget, during which members of the public or civil society organizations can testify.
- Establish formal mechanisms for the public to assist the supreme audit institution in formulating its audit program and to participate in relevant audit investigations.
Budget Oversight (by Legislature & Audit)
39
out of 100
The legislature and supreme audit institution in Egypt provide weak oversight of the budget.
The legislature provides weak oversight during the budget cycle. This score reflects that the legislature provides weak oversight during the planning stage of the budget cycle and weak oversight during the implementation stage of the budget cycle.
The supreme audit institution provides weak budget oversight.
Recommendations for Improving Oversight
Egypt should prioritize the following actions to make budget oversight more effective:
- Ensure the legislature holds a debate on budget policy prior to the tabling of the Executive’s Budget Proposal and approves recommendations for the upcoming budget.
- Ensure a legislative committee publishes reports on in-year budget implementation online.
- Require legislative or judicial approval to remove the head of the supreme audit institution.
- Consider setting up an independent fiscal institution to further strengthen budget oversight.
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