Producing a Citizens' Guide to the Budget [electronic resource]: Why, What and How? / Murray Petrie and Jon Shields
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ArticlePublication details: Paris : OECD Publishing, 2010.Description: 14 p. ; 19 x 27cmSubject(s): Online resources:
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OECD Journal on Budgeting Vol. 10, no. 2, p. 1-14Abstract: As part of the growing search for more transparency and accountability in government finance, this article suggests guidelines for the production and dissemination of a citizens' guide to the budget. Examples from a variety of countries help to illustrate why governments should publish an annual guide, what the contents and characteristics of a good guide should be, and how such a guide should be made accessible. JEL classification: H500, H600. Keywords: effective public accountability, transparent budgeting, open budgets, fiscal transparency, civil society, citizen participation, public oversight, public debate, access to information.
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As part of the growing search for more transparency and accountability in government finance, this article suggests guidelines for the production and dissemination of a citizens' guide to the budget. Examples from a variety of countries help to illustrate why governments should publish an annual guide, what the contents and characteristics of a good guide should be, and how such a guide should be made accessible. JEL classification: H500, H600. Keywords: effective public accountability, transparent budgeting, open budgets, fiscal transparency, civil society, citizen participation, public oversight, public debate, access to information.
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