The International Budget Partnership collaborates with civil society around the world to analyze and influence public budgets in order to reduce poverty and improve the quality of governance.
Government Budgets
The Public’s Money for the Public’s Needs
To Meet the People’s Needs, Budgets Need the People’s Input
Civil Society and Public Participation
Good Governance Requires More than Governments
Budget Monitoring
Reduces Corruption, Improves Services
Making Budgets Work
People’s Views, More Information, Better Decisions
Ask Your Government How Much It's Spending On Development Commitments
Sign the Petition!
The International Budget Partnership (IBP), along with nine other international organizations, has launched the most extensive cross-country exercise to access public budget information to date. In 84 countries around the world, IBP partners are asking their government to prove it is fulfilling its commitments to such challenges as ending maternal mortality and protecting the environment.
We know from the IBP’s Open Budget Survey that the state of budget transparency around the world is deplorable. This initiative is an ambitious effort to look at what this means on the ground for citizens and civil society advocates. It also aims to reveal the extent to which governments are actually fulfilling their commitments in the areas of access to information, maternal health, aid effectiveness, and environmental protection. The core idea is simple: what would happen if citizens in 84 countries ask their government for budget information that relates directly to key development goals? Would their government provide meaningful and comprehensive answers, or would it disregard the citizens’ right to know how public funds are used?
New Paper on Practical Approaches to Aid Effectiveness
Donor aid is a substantial source of funds for many countries that are struggling to meet the needs of their people and strengthen their economy. What happens when aid bypasses the recipient government’s budget process and is not aligned with the government’s priorities? And what can be done to improve alignment, support good budget processes and decisions, and increase transparency and accountability? The IBP and Publish What You Fund have released a new paper that explores the linkages between aid and budgets. Read the full paper.
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Did you know....?
Governments that make available the least information on how they spend the public's money also tend to have the weakest oversight institutions, creating opportunities for waste, mismanagement, and corruption.