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Public Participation

El Presupuesto de Defensa en América Latina: La Importancia de la Transparencia y Herramientas para el Monitoreo Independiente

Dec 19, 2004

The objective of this publication is to offer, in simple language, the vital elements of defense budget analysis and strategies to assist civil society groups in doing budget work. The

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Budget Brief No. 21 – Public Participation in Kenya: County Budget and Economic Forums – Principles and Options

Dec 11, 2013

December 2013 | by Jason Lakin, Ph. D.

This brief seeks to provide officials and citizens with guidance on the formulation of Kenya’s County Budget and Economic Forum (CBEF)

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Monitoring Public Procurement in South Africa: A Reference Guide for Civil Society Organizations

Dec 15, 2015

by Carlene van der Westhuizen | December 2015

In South Africa, as in most other countries, government departments need to follow specific, legally defined procedures when buying goods and services

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Budgets that Exclude: The Struggle for Decent Sanitation in South Africa’s Informal Settlements

Nov 09, 2017

November 2017 | By Brendan Halloran Download »

For nearly a decade, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) has been working to realize the rights of marginalized citizens of Khayelitsha, a

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Transparency and Participation in Public Financial Management: What Do Budget Laws Say?

Oct 06, 2011

October 2011 | by Paolo de Renzio, International Budget Partnership, and Verena Kroth, London School of Economics

This IBP Research Note addresses the role of legislation in promoting both disclosure

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How Do Kenyans Prioritize at the Sector Level? Comparing Public and Government Preferences

Nov 18, 2016

November 2016 | By Jason Lakin, Ph. D, IBP Kenya

In order to determine budget allocations for sectors such as health, education, and infrastructure, the Kenyan government is meant to

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Kenya: Are Sector Working Groups an Effective Mechanism for Public Participation?

Dec 20, 2016

December 2016 | By International Budget Partnership Kenya

The logic of Kenya’s budget process is to begin by distributing the budget at the sector level and then move to finalize

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County Budget and Economic Forums (CBEFs) and Public Participation in Kenya

Nov 06, 2014

Kenya has enacted an ambitious set of reforms to provide the public with opportunities to participate in how the country is governed, including how public finances are managed to deliver

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The Power of Making It Simple: A Government Guide to Developing Citizens Budgets

May 04, 2012

By International Budget Partnership | April 2012

Governments can encourage citizen participation by creating conditions that enable them to participate in a meaningful way. A very important one of these

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Joint Brief on Participation in Kenya’s New Public Financial Management Law

Sep 13, 2012

This Brief reflects the concerns of a broad range of civil society organizations about the implementation of Kenya’s new Public Financial Management Act, signed into law by the President in

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