Producing a Citizens' Guide to the Budget [E-Book]: Why, What and How? / Murray Petrie and Jon Shields
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 gui...
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Personal Name(s): | Petrie, Murray. |
Shields, Jon. | |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2010
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Physical Description: |
14 p. |
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englisch |
DOI: |
10.1787/budget-10-5km7gkwg2pjh |
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Governance Finance and Investment |
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. |