Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance

Since January 2004, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Finance has taken an initiative to improve transparency at all levels of government, particularly the sub-national level. Every month, it publishes the federal, state, and local government shares...

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Main Authors:	Songwe, Vera, Francis, Paul, Rossiasco, Paula, O'Neill, Fionnuala, Chase, Rob
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ALLOCATION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET INFORMATION BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY COLLECTED REVENUES CORRUPT CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX DEBT OUTSTANDING DEBT RELIEF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EFCC EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL DEBT FEDERAL BUDGET FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL TRANSFERS FINANCE MINISTRY FINANCIAL COST FINANCIAL CRIMES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FLOW OF INFORMATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT FINANCES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT REVENUES HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL BANK LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEDIA MINISTER MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL PRIORITIES POLITICAL INTERESTS POLITICIANS PROSECUTION PUBLIC PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC REVENUES REFORM PROCESS REFORM PROGRAM RENTS RESERVES STATE GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENTS STRUCTURAL REFORM SUB-NATIONAL FINANCES SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10119230/nigerias-experience-publishing-budget-allocations-practical-tool-promote-demand-better-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11138

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spelling	okr-10986-111382021-04-23T14:02:54Z Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance Songwe, Vera Francis, Paul Rossiasco, Paula O'Neill, Fionnuala Chase, Rob ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ALLOCATION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET INFORMATION BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY COLLECTED REVENUES CORRUPT CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX DEBT OUTSTANDING DEBT RELIEF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EFCC EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL DEBT FEDERAL BUDGET FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL TRANSFERS FINANCE MINISTRY FINANCIAL COST FINANCIAL CRIMES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FLOW OF INFORMATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT FINANCES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT REVENUES HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL BANK LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEDIA MINISTER MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL PRIORITIES POLITICAL INTERESTS POLITICIANS PROSECUTION PUBLIC PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC REVENUES REFORM PROCESS REFORM PROGRAM RENTS RESERVES STATE GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENTS STRUCTURAL REFORM SUB-NATIONAL FINANCES SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPARENCY Since January 2004, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Finance has taken an initiative to improve transparency at all levels of government, particularly the sub-national level. Every month, it publishes the federal, state, and local government shares of revenue from the country's federal account. From its inception, then Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala led this initiative as one of many efforts to improve public expenditure management, itself part of a broader set of institutional and governance reforms. Nigeria's effort to publish budgets is a leading example of how transparent information is essential to allow citizens to participate effectively in governance, hold authorities to account, and thereby enhance development effectiveness. The intuition behind this burgeoning awareness is clear. Like for other good things, the best governance outcomes result when there is a free flow of information between those supplying government services and those demanding those services. 2012-08-13T14:15:32Z 2012-08-13T14:15:32Z 2008-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10119230/nigerias-experience-publishing-budget-allocations-practical-tool-promote-demand-better-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11138 English Social Development Notes CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Nigeria
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topic	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ALLOCATION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET INFORMATION BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY COLLECTED REVENUES CORRUPT CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX DEBT OUTSTANDING DEBT RELIEF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EFCC EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL DEBT FEDERAL BUDGET FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL TRANSFERS FINANCE MINISTRY FINANCIAL COST FINANCIAL CRIMES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FLOW OF INFORMATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT FINANCES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT REVENUES HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL BANK LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEDIA MINISTER MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL PRIORITIES POLITICAL INTERESTS POLITICIANS PROSECUTION PUBLIC PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC REVENUES REFORM PROCESS REFORM PROGRAM RENTS RESERVES STATE GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENTS STRUCTURAL REFORM SUB-NATIONAL FINANCES SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ALLOCATION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET INFORMATION BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY COLLECTED REVENUES CORRUPT CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX DEBT OUTSTANDING DEBT RELIEF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EFCC EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL DEBT FEDERAL BUDGET FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL TRANSFERS FINANCE MINISTRY FINANCIAL COST FINANCIAL CRIMES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FLOW OF INFORMATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT FINANCES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT REVENUES HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL BANK LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEDIA MINISTER MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL PRIORITIES POLITICAL INTERESTS POLITICIANS PROSECUTION PUBLIC PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC REVENUES REFORM PROCESS REFORM PROGRAM RENTS RESERVES STATE GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENTS STRUCTURAL REFORM SUB-NATIONAL FINANCES SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPARENCY Songwe, Vera Francis, Paul Rossiasco, Paula O'Neill, Fionnuala Chase, Rob Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance
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description	Since January 2004, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Finance has taken an initiative to improve transparency at all levels of government, particularly the sub-national level. Every month, it publishes the federal, state, and local government shares of revenue from the country's federal account. From its inception, then Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala led this initiative as one of many efforts to improve public expenditure management, itself part of a broader set of institutional and governance reforms. Nigeria's effort to publish budgets is a leading example of how transparent information is essential to allow citizens to participate effectively in governance, hold authorities to account, and thereby enhance development effectiveness. The intuition behind this burgeoning awareness is clear. Like for other good things, the best governance outcomes result when there is a free flow of information between those supplying government services and those demanding those services.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Songwe, Vera Francis, Paul Rossiasco, Paula O'Neill, Fionnuala Chase, Rob
author_facet	Songwe, Vera Francis, Paul Rossiasco, Paula O'Neill, Fionnuala Chase, Rob
author_sort	Songwe, Vera
title	Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance
title_short	Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance
title_full	Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance
title_fullStr	Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance
title_full_unstemmed	Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance
title_sort	nigeria’s experience publishing budget allocations : a practical tool to promote demand for better governance
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10119230/nigerias-experience-publishing-budget-allocations-practical-tool-promote-demand-better-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11138
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Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance

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