Aug 11, 2016
August 2016 | by John Kinuthia and Jason Lakin, Ph.D. , IBP Kenya
Kenya’s 2010 constitution sought to establish a fairer way of managing public finance, stating that
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Apr 01, 2015
April, 2015 | By Alta Fölscher (GIFT) and the International Budget Partnership
For the proponents of democratic governance, fiscal openness is arguably an end itself. For the international
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Apr 01, 2015
April, 2015 | By Stephen Kosack, University of Washington
What can international actors do to incentivize budget transparency that increases government accountability? After two decades of excitement at
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Apr 01, 2015
April, 2015 | By David Heald, University of Aberdeen Business School
In many democratic societies it has become unfashionable to oppose transparency claims in any context. This leads
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Mar 01, 2015
March, 2015 | By Gregory Michener (GIFT) and the International Budget Partnership
By now it has become apparent that not all ‘transparency’ is transparent, nor is transparency an
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Mar 01, 2015
March, 2015 | By Paulo de Renzio and Joachim Wehner (GIFT) and the International Budget Partnership
Fiscal transparency and participation in budgeting are widely promoted and enshrined in
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Mar 01, 2015
March, 2015 | By Paulo de Renzio (GIFT) and the International Budget Partnership
In order to promote deeper understanding around the incentives agenda for fiscal openness across the
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Apr 11, 2014
April 2014 | International Budget Partnership
The objective of this paper is to revisit the evolution of budget transparency, government accountability, and citizen engagement in the budgetary process
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Nov 01, 2012
Fiscal transparency is a critical element of effective fiscal policymaking and the management of fiscal risks. This International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2012 publication discusses the distinct but related
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Sep 20, 2012
The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, transporting oil from landlocked southern Chad to the Atlantic coast of Cameroon for export, represents the foremost test case of the
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