A Call to Action on Open Budgets during the COVID-19 Response
Sally Torbert, Open Budget Initiative Program Officer, IBP— May 07, 2020
Vast sums of public money are being mobilized and diverted to fund COVID-19 emergency measures and most countries’ budget accountability systems have gaps even when they operate under less extreme conditions. The latest Open Budget Survey, released last week, finds that some of the weakest aspects of budget transparency and oversight are the ones that will be most critical for monitoring public resources during this emergency.
