Budgeting for a Greener Planet
Feb 16, 2018
February 2018 | by the International Budget Partnership and United Nations Development Programme Click to Download »
Funds to respond to climate change are likely to be the
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Budget Oversight
Is the Open Budget Survey Biased Against Francophone Countries?
Jan 15, 2018
January 2018 | By Ian Lienert, Consultant Download in English » Download in French »
Prior to the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2015, the average overall Open Budget
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An Introduction to the South Africa Metro Open Budget Index
Nov 28, 2017
November 2017 | By International Budget Partnership South Africa Download »
How transparent and participatory are the budgets of Metropolitan Municipalities in South Africa?
Evidence from around the
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Philippines’ Commission on Audit Key to Unearthing “Pork Barrel” Scandal
Feb 22, 2017
October 2016 | by International Budget Partnership
The “pork barrel system” of lump sum grants to members of the Philippines Congress to fund a list of community-based or
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Accountability for Safe Train Service in Argentina
Feb 22, 2017
October 2016 | by International Budget Partnership
This case study details the findings and examines the impact of the Argentina General Audit Office’s (AGN) March 2012 report pointing
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Is India’s Ministry of Coal Effective in Supporting Coal Production?
Feb 22, 2017
October 2016 | by International Budget Partnership
Coal is a nationalized industry in India, and Coal India Limited (CIL) is the state-owned company responsible for coal production. Prior
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Creating Incentives for Budget Accountability and Good Financial Governance Through an Ecosystem Approach: What Can External Actors Do?
May 05, 2016
May 2016 | by Paolo de Renzio, International Budget Partnership with support of the Sector Program on Good Financial Governance
Past efforts at promoting public finance management
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Budget Brief No. 33 – Parliament and National Treasury: How are They Playing Their Roles in Kenya’s New Budget Process?
Oct 28, 2015
The 2010 Constitution of Kenya and the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 (PFM Act) significantly altered the roles that Parliament and the National Treasury should be playing
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Open Budget Survey 2015
Sep 08, 2015
September 2015 | By International Budget Partnership
The International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Survey (OBS) is the world’s only independent, comparable measure of budget transparency, participation, and oversight.
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Open Budgets. Transform Lives. (video)
Apr 09, 2015
In this video three IBP partners share their compelling stories of how they used budget analysis and monitoring to improve government spending and policies to help the poorest
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