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Budget Advocacy

The Missing Link: Applied Budget Work as a Tool to Hold Governments Accountable for Maternal Mortality Reduction Commitments

May 19, 2009

May 2009 | By the International Budget Partnership

This brief explores the relevance of civil society budget analysis and advocacy (i.e., budget work) as a tool to hold governments accountable

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Guide to Transparency in Government Budget Reports: How Civil Society Can Use Budget Reports for Research and Advocacy

Jul 22, 2010

By International Budget Partnership | 2011

Civil society organizations have a critical role to play in government budget processes. They can inform the decision-making process to ensure that public resources

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Taking an Ecosystems Approach: Support for Advocacy Training Initiatives’ (SATHI) Public Health Work in India

Oct 07, 2016

September 2016 | by Brendan Halloran, IBP (adapted from a longer study by Padmaja Nair)

The state of Maharashta is one of India’s most powerful economic engines. Yet despite

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case study public health india

United States: Three state-level campaigns to increase income taxes on the rich

Dec 14, 2020

This case examines efforts to introduce higher income taxes on the wealthy by different civil society coalitions in three U.S. states. In each state, organizations that were part of a

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Toward Accountability for Resources: Independent Budget Monitoring of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health Commitments

May 19, 2011

The International Budget Partnership, in collaboration with the Maternal Health Task Force, produced this paper as part of the Ask Your Government! Initiative. It provides an overview of how civil

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Systemic Challenges Facing the Procurement of Outsourced Basic Services for Informal Settlements in South Africa

Dec 03, 2018

December 2018 | by Carlene van der Westhuizen, International Budget Partnership South Africa Click to Download »

In South African metropolitan municipalities, the provision of basic services like water, sanitation,

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Earthquake Reconstruction in Pakistan: The Case of the Omar Asghar Khan Development Foundation’s Campaign

Jun 19, 2010

By Dr. Pervez Tahir

The devastating earthquake that shook the Hazara region and the Azad Kashmir province in Northwest Pakistan on October 2005 led to a flood of donor money

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You Cannot Go it Alone: Learning from Cooperative Relationships in Civil Society Budget Campaigns

May 18, 2016

May 2016 | by Jillian Larsen

The International Budget Partnership has spent almost a decade researching how and why civil society campaigns on budget-related issues succeed or fail. Based on

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Problem/Issue Strategic Analysis Tools: From Problems to Budget Advocacy Issues

Jan 19, 2010

January 2010 | by People’s Advocacy

Advocates often face multiple problems. Problems are what people see firsthand, such as an increase in cholera cases. On the other hand, issues are

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Maternal Health In Tanzania: Stuck Between Public Promises and Budgetary Realities

Dec 01, 2015

December 2015 | By Peter Bofin

On paper, Tanzania is committed to reducing maternal, newborn, and child deaths. In practice, however, women giving birth often lack access to the basic

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case study: maternal health in tanzania

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