Amid a global pandemic that is forcing governments around the world to launch new spending measures, IBP has released the findings of the 2019 Open Budget Survey (OBS), showing weak transparency and oversight in government spending.
By Apr 06, 2021
This study aims to accelerate progress toward more effective ways of integrating (“double mainstreaming”) gender equality and climate change considerations as equally important imperatives in public financial management and presents findings from exploratory research in Bangladesh and Mexico.
By Apr 06, 2021
This report aims to contribute to greater understanding of how governments are taking steps to reflect the intersection of gender and climate change in their budgets by examining the progress Mexico has made toward an integrated approach to elaborating its central government budgets.
By Apr 06, 2021
This study seeks to identify steps the government of Bangladesh has taken to integrate gender into its climate-related investments and investigates opportunities and challenges in mainstreaming gender-responsive climate change budgeting across all climate action plans.
Mar 24, 2021
We rely on our national budget to provide a roadmap to effective service delivery and the achievement of long-term national objectives. But how do we know that the government is indeed collecting and spending funds according to this approved plan? In other words, how do we determine that these budgets are “credible”? This report is also available in French and Spanish.
By Dec 15, 2020
This is an executive summary of the findings of a series of in-depth case studies on civil society engagement in tax reform. In these cases, we look at campaigns promoted by civic actors in seven countries that either proposed and pushed for specific tax reforms or opposed reforms that had been introduced by the government.
By Dec 14, 2020
This paper synthesizes the findings from what, to our knowledge, is the first set of in-depth case studies on civil society engagement in tax reform. In these cases, we look at campaigns promoted by civic actors in seven countries that either proposed and pushed for specific tax reforms or opposed reforms that had been introduced by the government.
Dec 14, 2020
In late 2018 and early 2019, a diffuse social movement known as the Yellow Vests (gilets jaunes) organized protests in France against various regressive tax policies. The protesters eventually augmented their initial demand to repeal the fuel tax by demanding the reintroduction of wealth taxation and the organization of citizen referenda to inform future policy choices.
Dec 14, 2020
The Central American Institute for Fiscal Studies (ICEFI) took advantage of a major corruption scandal to call for new legislation to enhance accountability in the country’s revenue administration agency which was considered opaque and ineffective. As a result of the campaign, Congress eventually adopted a new law whose main innovations had been proposed by ICEFI.
Dec 14, 2020
In 2018, the Tax Justice Alliance Uganda worked to oppose two controversial and regressive new taxes, one on mobile money transactions and the other on the use of social media. Their campaign was mobilized very quickly to respond to the government’s proposed new taxes before their enactment and included public awareness campaigns including radio programs in rural areas, press conferences, social media activity, petitions to legislators and court cases.
Dec 14, 2020
In 2009, Fundar began a decade-long campaign to improve transparency around tax amnesties, calling them “fiscal privileges” and highlighting their negative impact on equity. In its campaign, Fundar deployed multiple advocacy strategies, including a long battle through the courts as well as a sustained mass media push and legislative advocacy.
