Fostering Public Participation in Budget-making: Case Studies from Indonesia, Marshall Islands, and Pakistan
Ahmad, Raza; Weiser, Erin Thébault | June 2006
Abstract
This publication documents the experiences, successes, and challenges of pilot testing participatory budgeting at the local level in three countries of Asia and the Pacific: Indonesia, Marshall Islands, and Pakistan.
The pilots demonstrated the challenges of public involvement in the budget process and highlighted the need for an active and articulate civil society in the local context. Successful pilots in these countries also demonstrated that civil society's engagement is not difficult to elicit provided local governments have the political will and technical resources.
Using simple, effective, and low-cost methods, local governments can promote transparency and openness in their decision making. Transparency is vital for good governance that in turn leads to economic growth and poverty reduction in the long term. Lessons and experiences from the pilots in different contexts show similar conclusions about the process.
Citation
Ahmad, Raza; Weiser, Erin Thébault. 2006. Fostering Public Participation in Budget-making: Case Studies from Indonesia, Marshall Islands, and Pakistan. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2569. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Governance
Good Governance
Governance Approach
Governance Capacity
Governance Models
Governance Quality
Regional Policy
Regional Perspectives
Regional Government
Regional Development
Business Management
Institutional
Framework
Business Ethics
Regional Plans
Project finance
Development Bank
Bureaucracy
Cabinet system
Common good
Executive power
Government
Separation of powers
Transparency in government
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