April 2019 | International Budget Partnership
The study of budget credibility examines the extent, nature, causes, and consequences of deviations from approved budgets. Given the degree to which budget deviations can impact major social priorities in health, education, and beyond, it is essential that governments communicate about them. As part of the International Budget Partnership’s Assessing Budget Credibility Project, 24 civil society partners in 23 countries identified a budget credibility challenge in their country and scrutinized a case where the government consistently failed to raise or spend funds as it said it would at the start of the fiscal year. Partners looked for explanations for deviations in published documents and then sought interviews with public officials to further understand the deviations.
These budget credibility country snapshot reports summarize our partners’ research. The broader synthesis report on these findings can be found here.
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- Afghanistan – The Development Budget – based on research by Integrity Watch Afghanistan »
- Argentina – Early Childhood Development – based on research by Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ) »
- Australia – Company Tax Receipts – based on research by the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute »
- Bangladesh – Women’s Programs – based on research by Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID) »
- Benin – Health – based on research by Social Watch Benin »
- Brazil – Gender Equity – based on research by Institute for Socioeconomic Studies (Inesc) »
- Dominican Republic – Maternal and Child Health – based on research by Fundación Solidaridad »
- Ecuador – Scholarships – based on research by Fundación para el Avance de las Reformas y las Oportunidades (Grupo FARO) »
- Guatemala – Road Infrastructure – based on research by Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales (ICEFI) »
- Hungary – Public Research – based on research by Fiscal Responsibility Institute Budapest (FRIB) »
- India – Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students – based on research by the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) »
- India – Healthcare in Maharashtra State – based on research by Support for Advocacy and Training to Health Initiatives (SATHI) »
- Indonesia – Maternal and Child Nutrition – based on research by Perkumpulan Inisiatif »
- Kenya – Maternal and Child Health – based on research by Institute of Public Finance Kenya (IPFK) »
- Mexico – Spending on Social Development and Agriculture – based on research by Fundar »
- Nigeria – Education – based on research by BudgIT »
- Paraguay – Child Nutrition – based on research by Centro de Análisis y Difusión de la Economía Paraguaya (CADEP) »
- Portugal – Capital – based on research by Thomas Jefferson-Correia da Serra Institute of Public Policy – Lisbon (IPP) »
- Romania – Public Investment – based on research by Funky Citizens »
- Serbia – Contingency Fund – based on research by Transparency Serbia »
- Sierra Leone – Malaria – based on research by Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) »
- Sri Lanka – The Agriculture Sector – based on research by Verité Research »
- Ukraine – Road Infrastructure – based on research by Centre Eidos »
- Zimbabwe – Basic Education – based on research by National Association of Non–Governmental Organisations (NANGO) »
Related
- The International Budget Partnership’s Assessing Budget Credibility Project
- Explain That to Us: How Governments Report On and Justify Budget Deviations (March 2019)
- The Contours of Budget Credibility in Nigeria (March 2019)
- Assessing the Quality of Reasons in Government Budget Documents (October 2018)