Budgeting for the Poor

by M. Robinson (Editor)

Overview

Drawing on case studies of budget groups in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia this book is the first comprehensive study of the impact and significance of civic initiatives aimed at enhancing budget transparency and the poverty focus of government expenditure priorities, arguing that it leads to greater democratization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230224780
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/03/2008
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	223
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

VITUS AZEEM is the Executive Secretary of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), which is the local chapter of Transparency International (TI), the global civil society organisation that works to curb corruption in Ghana. HELENA HOFBAUER is based at IBP-Mexico City, Mexico. WARREN KRAFCHIK is the director of the International Budget Project based at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington DC, USA. LAURA MALAJOVICH is Project Leader of the Budget Watchdog in Argentina at the Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equilidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC) in Buenos Aires. VIVEK RAMKUMAR works with the International Budget Project as a Program Officer. PAOLO DE RENZIO is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford, UK where he is affiliated to the Global Economic Governance Programme. MARK ROBINSON is Head of Profession for Governance and Conflict at the UK Department for International Development. JIM SHULTZ is the executive director of The Democracy Center, based in San Francisco and Cochabamba, Bolivia. ALBERT VAN ZYL joined the International Budget Project in August 2005 and is based at IBP-Cape Town, South Africa. VINOD VYASULU is Director of the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies in Bangalore, India.

Table of Contents

Strengthening Democracy and Tackling Corruption: Civil Society Budget Work in Perspective; M. Robinson Analysing Applied Budget Work: Case Studies and Method; M. Robinson Budget Analysis and Social Activism: Disha and the Budget Process in Gujarat, India; L. Malajovich and M. Robinson Democratising the Budget: Fundar's Budget Analysis and Advocacy Initiatives in Mexico; M. Robinson and V. Vyasulu Budget Work and Democracy-Building: The Case of Ibase in Brazil; P. de Renzio and J. Shultz Sustained Work and Dedicated Capacity: Idasa's Experience in Applied Budget Work in South Africa; H. Hofbauer Croatia and the Institute for Public Finance: Budget Work in a Transitional Democracy; A. van Zyl and J. Shultz Budget Monitoring as an Advocacy Tool: The Uganda Debt Network; P. de Renzio, V. Azeem and V. Ramkumar Conclusions: The Impact and Significance of Applied Budget Work; M. Robinson Implications for Policy and Practice; P. de Renzio and W. Krafchik Appendix