Open Budgets : the Political Economy of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability.

Decisions about ""who gets what, when, and how"" are perhaps the most important that any government must make. So it should not be remarkable that around the world, public officials responsible for public budgeting are facing demands-from their own citizenry, other government off...

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Main Author: Khagram, Sanjeev
Other Authors: Fung, Archon, De Renzio, Paolo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2013
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Summary:Decisions about ""who gets what, when, and how"" are perhaps the most important that any government must make. So it should not be remarkable that around the world, public officials responsible for public budgeting are facing demands-from their own citizenry, other government officials, economic actors, and increasingly from international sources-to make their patterns of spending more transparent and their processes more participatory. Surprisingly, rigorous analysis of the causes and consequences of fiscal transparencyis thin at best. Open Budgets seeks to fill this gap in existing.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780815723387
0815723385
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.