A Local Budget Transparency Index for Cameroon's Local Councils : Insights from a Benchmarking Exercise
Transparent budgets and public financial management processes constitute a key pillar of good governance. However, while this has been increasingly recognized for national budgets, little attention is paid to subnational budget transparency. To fil...
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS ANNUAL EXPENDITURES BANK DEPOSIT BENEFICIARIES BEST PRACTICES BORROWING COSTS BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET ANALYSIS BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS BUDGET DOCUMENTS BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET INFORMATION BUDGET INITIATIVES BUDGET LITERACY BUDGET PREPARATION BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET PROPOSALS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY BUDGET YEAR BUDGETING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATION COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATIONS CONTROLLERS OF FINANCE CORRUPTION CREDIBILITY CREDIT RATINGS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEPENDENT DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES DONOR ASSISTANCE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS EXPENDITURE FORECASTS EXPENDITURE PROGRAMS EXPENDITURES FIGURES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL PERFORMANCE FISCAL TRANSPARENCY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REVENUES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTRUMENT INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT BUDGET LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGAL REQUIREMENTS LINE MINISTRIES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET VALUE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY MONETARY FUND MUNICIPAL BUDGET MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL BUDGET NATIONAL BUDGETS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL INVESTMENT OPENNESS OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES PAYMENT OF EXPENDITURES PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE INDEX PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY DECISIONS POLICY FORMULATION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC CONSULTATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT REFORM PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MEETINGS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY QUALITY OF LIFE REFLECTION REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REMEDY RESERVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURN REVENUE ESTIMATES ROADS SALARIES SELF-ASSESSMENT SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TAX TAX COLLECTIONS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENT BUDGETS WARRANTS |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS ANNUAL EXPENDITURES BANK DEPOSIT BENEFICIARIES BEST PRACTICES BORROWING COSTS BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET ANALYSIS BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS BUDGET DOCUMENTS BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET INFORMATION BUDGET INITIATIVES BUDGET LITERACY BUDGET PREPARATION BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET PROPOSALS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY BUDGET YEAR BUDGETING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATION COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATIONS CONTROLLERS OF FINANCE CORRUPTION CREDIBILITY CREDIT RATINGS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEPENDENT DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES DONOR ASSISTANCE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS EXPENDITURE FORECASTS EXPENDITURE PROGRAMS EXPENDITURES FIGURES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL PERFORMANCE FISCAL TRANSPARENCY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REVENUES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTRUMENT INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT BUDGET LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGAL REQUIREMENTS LINE MINISTRIES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET VALUE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY MONETARY FUND MUNICIPAL BUDGET MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL BUDGET NATIONAL BUDGETS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL INVESTMENT OPENNESS OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES PAYMENT OF EXPENDITURES PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE INDEX PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY DECISIONS POLICY FORMULATION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC CONSULTATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT REFORM PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MEETINGS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY QUALITY OF LIFE REFLECTION REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REMEDY RESERVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURN REVENUE ESTIMATES ROADS SALARIES SELF-ASSESSMENT SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TAX TAX COLLECTIONS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENT BUDGETS WARRANTS Alton, Martin Luis Agarwal, Sanjay Songwe, Vera A Local Budget Transparency Index for Cameroon's Local Councils : Insights from a Benchmarking Exercise |
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Transparent budgets and public
financial management processes constitute a key pillar of
good governance. However, while this has been increasingly
recognized for national budgets, little attention is paid to
subnational budget transparency. To fill this lacuna, a
World Bank-supported initiative piloted a local budget
transparency index (LBTI) in two of Cameroon s ten regions.
Thirty-one local councils in the Northwest Region and
nineteen in the Adamawa Region self-assessed the openness of
their budget processes by filling out questionnaires in
2012. The councils were then ranked, the results were
published, and, in Adamawa, discussed in a public meeting
called by the region s governor and attended by mayors and
the media. Through this exercise, mayors of low-ranking
councils were publicly questioned about their low scores,
which led to a palpable desire on their part to better
perform in the next round of the survey. In 2013,
independent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) gathered
the same information in a second round of surveys. This note
discusses the methodology, main findings, and results from
the LBTI pilot in the two regions and concludes with key
challenges and lessons learned. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Alton, Martin Luis Agarwal, Sanjay Songwe, Vera |
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Alton, Martin Luis Agarwal, Sanjay Songwe, Vera |
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Alton, Martin Luis |
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A Local Budget Transparency Index for Cameroon's Local Councils : Insights from a Benchmarking Exercise |
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A Local Budget Transparency Index for Cameroon's Local Councils : Insights from a Benchmarking Exercise |
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A Local Budget Transparency Index for Cameroon's Local Councils : Insights from a Benchmarking Exercise |
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A Local Budget Transparency Index for Cameroon's Local Councils : Insights from a Benchmarking Exercise |
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A Local Budget Transparency Index for Cameroon's Local Councils : Insights from a Benchmarking Exercise |
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local budget transparency index for cameroon's local councils : insights from a benchmarking exercise |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/19909106/cameroon-budget-transparency-initiative-local-budget-transparency-index-cameroons-local-councils-insights-benchmarking-exercise-cameroon-budget-transparency-initiative-local-budget-transparency-index-cameroons-local-councils-insights-benchmarking-exercise http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20130 |
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okr-10986-201302021-04-23T14:03:53Z A Local Budget Transparency Index for Cameroon's Local Councils : Insights from a Benchmarking Exercise Alton, Martin Luis Agarwal, Sanjay Songwe, Vera ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS ANNUAL EXPENDITURES BANK DEPOSIT BENEFICIARIES BEST PRACTICES BORROWING COSTS BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET ANALYSIS BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS BUDGET DOCUMENTS BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET INFORMATION BUDGET INITIATIVES BUDGET LITERACY BUDGET PREPARATION BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET PROPOSALS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY BUDGET YEAR BUDGETING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATION COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATIONS CONTROLLERS OF FINANCE CORRUPTION CREDIBILITY CREDIT RATINGS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEPENDENT DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES DONOR ASSISTANCE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS EXPENDITURE FORECASTS EXPENDITURE PROGRAMS EXPENDITURES FIGURES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL PERFORMANCE FISCAL TRANSPARENCY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REVENUES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTRUMENT INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT BUDGET LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGAL REQUIREMENTS LINE MINISTRIES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET VALUE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY MONETARY FUND MUNICIPAL BUDGET MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL BUDGET NATIONAL BUDGETS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL INVESTMENT OPENNESS OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES PAYMENT OF EXPENDITURES PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE INDEX PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY DECISIONS POLICY FORMULATION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC CONSULTATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT REFORM PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MEETINGS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY QUALITY OF LIFE REFLECTION REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REMEDY RESERVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURN REVENUE ESTIMATES ROADS SALARIES SELF-ASSESSMENT SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TAX TAX COLLECTIONS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENT BUDGETS WARRANTS Transparent budgets and public financial management processes constitute a key pillar of good governance. However, while this has been increasingly recognized for national budgets, little attention is paid to subnational budget transparency. To fill this lacuna, a World Bank-supported initiative piloted a local budget transparency index (LBTI) in two of Cameroon s ten regions. Thirty-one local councils in the Northwest Region and nineteen in the Adamawa Region self-assessed the openness of their budget processes by filling out questionnaires in 2012. The councils were then ranked, the results were published, and, in Adamawa, discussed in a public meeting called by the region s governor and attended by mayors and the media. Through this exercise, mayors of low-ranking councils were publicly questioned about their low scores, which led to a palpable desire on their part to better perform in the next round of the survey. In 2013, independent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) gathered the same information in a second round of surveys. This note discusses the methodology, main findings, and results from the LBTI pilot in the two regions and concludes with key challenges and lessons learned. 2014-09-15T20:45:17Z 2014-09-15T20:45:17Z 2013-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/19909106/cameroon-budget-transparency-initiative-local-budget-transparency-index-cameroons-local-councils-insights-benchmarking-exercise-cameroon-budget-transparency-initiative-local-budget-transparency-index-cameroons-local-councils-insights-benchmarking-exercise http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20130 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Cameroon |