Open Budget Survey 2017
Jan 31, 2018
January 2018 | by International Budget Partnership
The International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Survey (OBS) is the world’s only independent, comparative assessment of the three pillars of
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Public Participation
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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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
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Deliberating Budgets in Kenya: Tools and Examples
Sep 05, 2017
September 2017 | By International Budget Partnership Kenya
In May 2017, IBP Kenya began to investigate what the concept of budget deliberation would mean in practice by organizing
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Deliberating Budgets: An Example from Nairobi County, Kenya
Feb 28, 2017
February 2017 | By International Budget Partnership Kenya
In 2016, IBP Kenya began promoting a new approach to public engagement with budgets termed “deliberating budgets.” The approach is
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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
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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
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Deliberating Budgets: How Public Deliberation Can Move Us Beyond the Public Participation Rhetoric
Feb 28, 2016
February 2016 | by Jason Lakin, Ph.D. and Mokeira Nyagaka
Over the past several years, Kenyans have engaged in a vibrant debate about the meaning of public participation
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Palestine: Teaching Active Citizenship Through Social Audits
Feb 17, 2016
February 2016 | By Belal Fallah, Department of Economics and Financial Sciences, Palestine Polytechnic University
In much of the West Bank, particularly in areas such as Awarta and
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