By International Budget Partnership South Africa ,
Sep 19, 2017
This short video tells the story of how residents, elected officials, administrators, and civil society organizations worked together to improve sanitation in Wattville, near Johannesburg in South Africa. Work done by Planact, the Social Audit Network, IBP South Africa, and the government of Ekurhuleni led to faulty portable toilets being replaced, improved relationships between government and residents, and a commitment to scale up a collaborative approach to social accountability.
By Commissioned by the International Budget Partnership South Africa,
Sep 05, 2017
This paper presents two possible approaches to the design of a learner transport grant that will, over time, enable South African provinces to provide learner transport to all learners in need, and ensure that funding is protected for the delivery of this service.
By International Budget Partnership Kenya,
Sep 05, 2017
These videos capture highlights of budget deliberation demonstrations organized by IBP Kenya in Isiolo, Mombasa, and Nakuru counties. Additional videos include information on how to facilitate a budget deliberation demonstration, how to help citizens think about budget tradeoffs, and additional resources.
By Paolo de Renzio, Daniel Hiller, and Suad Hasan,
Aug 24, 2017
“Volatility” in the publication of budget documents — when the public availability of documents containing key budget information changes repeatedly over time — is a common occurrence across countries included in the International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Survey. This Budget Brief presents the results of a study of evidence related to volatility in budget transparency across countries included in the Open Budget Survey, drawing on survey data between 2008 and 2016, public finance management laws, and the strength of government systems linked to the production of budget information.
By John Kinuthia,
Aug 14, 2017
This Budget Brief presents an analysis of the available data on Kenya’s national government cash flow, focusing on cash inflows over the last six years and how that money has been disbursed across government agencies at the national and county levels.
By International Budget Partnership,
Aug 01, 2017
Emerging market economies are increasingly turning to international capital markets to finance their budget deficits and support their development needs. Unfortunately, in some cases, these arrangements have caused controversies. This Budget Brief examines government operations in international capital markets in Kenya, Mozambique, and Malaysia to assess whether they suffered from a common set of problems. It also highlights how limited transparency contributed to the mismanagement of the monies raised by the three governments, and proposes a set of transparency and accountability measures that could potentially mitigate problems in government operations in international capital markets.
By International Budget Partnership Kenya,
Jul 26, 2017
This analysis looks at information made available about budget performance during the first three quarters of Kenya’s 2016/17 financial year. At the national level, the authors look at quarterly economic and budgetary reviews and the Office of the Controller of Budget’s first quarter Budget Implementation Review Report. At the county level, the analysis focuses on Baringo and Kirinyaga counties – the only two counties to publish budget implementation reports online.
By Dustin Kramer, Former Deputy General Secretary, Social Justice Coalition,
Jul 20, 2017
In this account and reflection, former Social Justice Coalition Deputy General Secretary Dustin Kramer discusses the use of budget work within a mass-based campaign for decent sanitation in informal settlements in South Africa, how the campaign unfolded, and the lessons learned.
By Carlene van der Westhuizen, Albert van Zyl, and Andile Cele,
Jul 07, 2017
In South Africa, informal settlement upgrading is becoming an increasingly pressing policy priority. The most recent census data indicates that about 63 percent of the population already lives in urban centers – a number estimated to increase to 70 percent by 2030. This brief describes how four South African metropolitan municipalities — Buffalo City, the City of Cape Town, the City of Ekurhuleni, and the City of Johannesburg — finance the upgrading of informal settlements.
By International Budget Partnership,
May 19, 2017
In September 2015 countries from around the world adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Agenda is a set of 17 aspirational “Global Goals” that cover such critical sectors as education, health, and sanitation and seek to address shared global challenges like climate change, gender inequality, and poverty. Because few, if any, of the goals are achievable without public financing, budget transparency, participation, and accountability are essential. This Budget Brief explores good practices and lessons learned from monitoring of government budgets and expenditure on the Millennium Development Goals that can assist with monitoring, reporting, and accountability in respect of the SDGs. It features summaries of case studies from eleven countries.
