Increasing Accountability through Budget Transparency at the Subnational Level in Cameroon

Improving governance is a major development challenge for Cameroon and for many other developing countries, and making public financial management more transparent is a central part of it. While budgets are public documents, accessible to citizens...

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Main Authors:	Alton, Martin Luis, Agarwal, Sanjay
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AUTHORITY BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET DATA BUDGET INFORMATION BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS CITIZEN CITIZEN FEEDBACK CITIZEN OVERSIGHT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLINICS COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONSTITUENCIES CORRUPT PRACTICES COST-EFFECTIVENESS DATA COLLECTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DELIVERY OF SERVICES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCLOSURE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES EMBEZZLEMENT EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FINANCES FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL COSTS FINANCIAL INFORMATION FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS GOVERNMENT BUDGETS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SERVICES HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH MANAGEMENT HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONALIZATION INSTRUMENT INTERMEDIARIES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERPRETERS INVESTMENT PROJECTS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL COUNCILS MISTRUST MUNICIPAL LEVEL MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL LEVEL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PATIENTS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE TARGETS PETTY CORRUPTION POLICY FORMULATION POOR GOVERNANCE POOR PERFORMANCE POSTERS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PRESIDENTS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRAMS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC BUDGET PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT REFORM PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RADIO PROGRAMS REGISTRATION FEE REGISTRATION FEES REPRESENTATIVES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURN SCHOOL FEES SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SUBNATIONAL LEVELS TAX TAX REVENUES TAXIS TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENT BUDGETS WASTE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/19909011/cameroon-budget-transparency-initiative-increasing-accountability-through-budget-transparency-subnational-level-cameroon http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20132