Social Audits as a Budget Monitoring Tool
Oct 24, 2012
This report lays out the main elements of social audits in India and consolidates lessons from a horizontal learning exchange that took place between IBP partner organizations from
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Budget Oversight
Fourth Conference of the African Union Ministers in Charge of Youth
Sep 11, 2012
The Fourth Conference of the African Union Ministers in Charge of Youth was held on September 13, 2012. The presentation and a summary of remarks are available for
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Left in the Dark: Parastatal Loans in South Africa
Mar 26, 2012
Parastatal loans, transfers of public funds to government-owned enterprises, represent 12 percent of South Africa’s annual GDP. Despite South Africa’s high level of budget transparency, there are few
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Citizens as Partners: A Handbook on Information, Consultation, and Public Participation in Policy Making
Feb 22, 2012
This handbook, produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), is a practitioner’s guide designed for use by government officials in OECD Member and non-member
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Open Budget Survey 2012
Jan 23, 2012
January 2012 | By International Budget Partnership
The Open Budget Survey 2012 included 100 countries. Independent civil society researchers or research organizations collected the data, which was peer-reviewed
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Budget Transparency around the World: Results from the 2008 Open Budget Survey
Jan 10, 2012
The movement for greater fiscal transparency has been gaining momentum in recent years. To contribute to these efforts, the International Budget Partnership (IBP) developed the Open Budget Survey
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10 Facts About Freedom of Access To Budgetary Information
Nov 15, 2011
This FITRA (The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency) publication discusses outcomes of a study of freedom of information requests submitted to 118 public institutions in Indonesia.
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Equitable Sharing of the Treasures of Oil and Gas in a Transparent and Environmentally Sustainable Manner
Nov 15, 2011
Oil has the potential to transform Uganda’s economy from the poorest to the richest economies in the world, but it also creates new risks and challenges for the
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Assessment of Budget Transparency in Honduras
Oct 11, 2011
In early 2011 the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) approached the International Budget Partnership (IBP) and requested an update of the Open Budget Survey 2010 results for Honduras to
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United Nations INTOSAI’s Lima Declaration of Guidelines on Auditing Precepts
Jul 28, 2011
The Lima Declaration is intended to provide criteria to ensure the independence and effectiveness of government auditing. This document provides the basic principles that must be respected in
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