IBP: International Budget Partnership: Open Budgets. Transform Lives.

A Guide to Tax Work for NGOs
The guide is intended to help demystify revenue policy issues and give civil society budget groups the tools they need to influence revenue policy in the same way that they have been able to influence expenditure policy.
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How can Civil Society Organizations monitor Public Budgets?
The guide is a comprehensive description of the basic principles of applied budget work, examples of useful resources, and best practices.

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How to use Budget Analysis to Advance Human Rights?

The guide was prepared by Fundar, the International Budget Partnership, and the International Human Rights Internship Program.

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Can Civil Society add Value to Budget Decision-Making?
A description of the expanding contribution of civil society organizations to public budgets in developing countries.
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Argentina
Armenia
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Bangladesh
Bolivia
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Chad
Chile
Croatia
Ecuador
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Ethiopia
Germany
Ghana
Guatemala
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Israel

• Legislatures and Budget Oversight
• PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
• Transparency and Participation in the Budget Process
• Budget Analysis and Economic Social and Cultural Rights

Resources

• KEY IBP PUBLICATIONS

• BUDGET LIBRARY

• LOOKING FOR MODEL REPORTS?

• RELEVANT LINKS

• HOW TO BUILD BUDGET CAPACITY

This Guide offers an overview of government budget implementation processes and provides practical, tested tools that can be used by civil society organizations interested in monitoring government expenditures.
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First-ever budget transparency ranking  for 59 countries.
 

The IBP and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex produced in-depth case studies of six established budget groups in Brazil, Croatia, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Uganda. Go to:
Lessons for Donors (also in Russian)
Practitioners Guide
Synthesis Paper

Aid, Rents and the Politics of the Budget Process by Andrés Mejía Acosta and Paolo de Renzio
This paper analyses the impact of political institutions and budget procedures on budget governance in aid- and resource-dependent countries.

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