Open Budget Survey 2012 Results presentation

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Open Budget

Survey 2012:Results


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What do open budgets do?

Expose corruption and waste

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Improve efficiency and effectiveness

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Match public resources with national priorities


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Help governments obtain cheaper internationalcredit and improve debt management


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Help governments build trust withcitizens


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Give citizens voice and dignity


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Key Finding #1: Major Gaps in Budget

Transparency Worldwide

Average score: 43/100

Less than 50% of required budget data ispublished


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Only 23 countries provide citizenswith comprehensive budgetinformation

21 countries do not publish theExecutives Budget Proposal


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Worst performers include:

Bolivia

China

Equatorial Guinea

Qatar

Myanmar

Zambia


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Key Finding #2:Positive but Slow Trend

Toward Improvement

2006 2012

20 % increase in budget transparency in40 countries with comparable data


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Key Finding #2: Positive but Slow Trend

Toward Improvement

Progress is from a low base thatcontinues to be low

Change in average OBI score among the40 countries with 2010 scores of 40 orless:

Ave. scores:19 (2010) 26 (2012)


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Key Finding #2: Positive but Slow Trend

Toward Improvement

Many countries with medium levels ofbudget transparency fail to advance

reforms

Virtually no change from 2010-2012 in OBI

scores among the 33 countries with OBI

scores between 41 60 in 2010


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Key Finding #3: Few Opportunities for Public

Participation

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Government efforts to engage the public in budgeting


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Key Finding #3:Few Opportunities for Public

Participation

Promising innovations for public participation

public hearings

client surveys

social audits citizen audit requests systems

fraud hotlines


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Key Finding #4:Oversight Institutions Are

Ineffective in Practice

Oversight institutions have moderate levels

of formal powers but struggle to exercise

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Key Finding #4:Oversight Institutions Are


Legislatures have:

Inadequate research capacity

Limited time to review budget

Limited powers to approve andmonitor changes to enacted budget

during budget execution


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Key Finding #4: Oversight Institutions Are


Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs):

Lack independence

Have limited resources


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Recommendations for Governments


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41 countries in the bottom 2 OBI categories


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41 countries in the bottom 2 categories should:

publish a minimum set of budget

documents in a regular and timely manner

hold public hearings

All countries can take these actions quickly andat limited cost


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36 countries in the middle


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36 countries in the middle should:

increase OBI scores to 61 or higher

improve comprehensiveness of existingdocuments

ensure that legislatures and SAIs have

resources to carry out oversight


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All 100 countries


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All 100 countries should advance

fundamental and innovative

participation mechanismsthroughout the budget process


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Recommendations for Other Actors


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Legislatures and

Supreme Audit Institutions


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Legislatures and

supreme audit institutions should:

demand the independence and

resources needed to perform their roleseffectively

fully use their current powers


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Recommendations for other actors


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Donor Agencies


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Donor agencies should:

follow and expand recent instances of tying

foreign aid to budget reforms

support strong domestic oversightinstitutions:

legislatures

supreme audit institutions

civil society organizations


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Civil Society Organizations and Citizens


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Civil society organizations and citizens

should:continue to push for greater transparency,

participation, and accountability

further demonstrate how they can

contribute to better budgeting and

outcomes with adequate information andaccess


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Recommendation for You

Go to www.internationalbudget.org to:Read the full report of the Open BudgetSurvey 2012

Explore the Survey data through ournew interactive data tool

Access individual country summary

reportsCheck out the OBS 2012 infographic


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