Dec 24, 2006
This trip report describes the participatory budgeting practices of three Paris region local councils: Issy-les-Moulineaux, Bobigny, and Saint-Denis. The study compares three different ways of transferring the Porto Alegre model
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May 22, 2002
This case study of Mozambique is part of a working paper by the Overseas Development Institute, which synthesizes the key findings from case studies in five countries: Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique,
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Apr 24, 2004
The purpose of this report is to acknowledge the limitations of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process and raise questions for civil society organizations (CSOs), social movements, parliamentarians, and other
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Feb 19, 2008
This case study looks at how HakiElimu in Tanzania seeks to hold the government accountable for managing public funds by publicizing the findings of audit reports from the controller and
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May 23, 2005
The guide (available in French) takes the readers through the basics on public budgets and the budget reform in Morocco through questions, which are answered in a simple language using
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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. The Open
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Oct 26, 2006
October 2006 | by International Budget Partnership
The Open Budget Survey 2006 is the inaugural edition of the International Budget Partnership’s biennial Open Budget Survey. IBP began developing the survey
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Feb 01, 2009
February 2009 | By International Budget Partnership
The Open Budget Survey 2008 included 85 countries. Independent civil society researchers or research organizations collected the data, which was peer-reviewed and further
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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 and further
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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 rooted in
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