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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Main Authors:	Alton, Martin Luis, Agarwal, Sanjay, Songwe, Vera
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	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