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First-Ever Budget Transparency
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| On October 18, 2006 civil society organizations from 59 countries around the world unveiled the Open Budget Index. This is the first index to rate countries on how open their budget books are to their citizens. It is intended to provide citizens, legislators, and civil society advocates with the comprehensive and practical information needed to gauge a government’s commitment to budget transparency and accountability. Armed with this kind of information, lenders, development advocates, and aid organizations can identify meaningful budget reforms needed in specific countries to combat corruption and strengthen basic services to improve people's lives.
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How Does Budget Transparency Improve People's Lives? |
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 Opening Budgets in Mexico Helps Open Care Options for New Mothers
Far too often, the joys of a new baby are tragically cut short for many Mexican families, when a mother succumbs to hypertension, hemorrhaging, or other life-ending complications related to pregnancy.
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 School Building Fund Provides Lessons on Community Mobilization in Uganda
Nearly ten years ago, the government of Uganda established the Universal Primary Education Program, designed to boost classroom attendance and increase literacy and education rates throughout the country. In less than a decade, the policy generated dramatic results, more than doubling the number of students enrolled in primary schools from 2.9 million to 6.3 million children.
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 Right to Information in India Enables Citizen Participation in Governance
For years many government officials in India operated in a climate of secrecy, allowing corruption to flourish and public funds to be wasted and misspent. Government engineers, accountants, administrators, public supervisors, auditors, and even anti-corruption officials were often entirely accountable to the public.
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