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A sampling of news on or relevant to the Open Budget Survey...

Opinion: We need all hands on deck to follow the global COVID-19 money trail (Devex)
Government isn't making it easy to see where all that federal pandemic spending is going (CBC News, Canada)
Open government budget as corruption deterrent (Manila Standard)
Mongolia’s Open Budget: Key to a Transparent and an Accountable Future (World Bank News)
Is Pakistan becoming less transparent? (The Express Tribune)
Transparency, oversight and engagement (Scoop News, NZ)
Human rights must be at the heart of recovery (Third Force News)
Open budgets in the time of COVID-19: A time of crisis demands transparency and accountability (Policy Forum)
India 53rd in budget transparency, accountability in International Budget Partnership's survey (Deccan Herald)
Afghanistan breaks down its ministry of finance (The Diplomat)
Budgets routinely passed without discussion and scrutiny, data show (Bloomberg | Quint)
Fiscal transparency and strong public institutions: Connecting the dots (Daily Maverick)
PHL journey to reforming budget process slow, but remains on track (Business Mirror)
Municipalities need to be transparent to the people they serve (Business Day)
Audit institutions transform more lives when amplified by civil society groups (Public Finance Focus)

Press Release: OBS 2019 Results Launched

Study shows weak transparency and oversight in government spending. Available in Arabic, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

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