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Budget Transparency:Better for Democracy Better for the Economy
Launch of Open Budget Survey 2015© Verité Research 2015
39/100 69/102
Score Rank
Open Budget Survey : Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka falls in transparency score
69th/102
52th/100
13th/9414th/83
27th/59
45
Sri Lanka steadySouth Asian Rank & Score
2006 2008 2010 2012 2015India
52Sri Lanka
64 Sri Lanka & India
67
India 68
Bangladesh 56
Pakistan 51
India 60
Afghanistan 59
India 46
Sri Lanka 47
Nepal 43
Bangladesh 48 Bangladesh
& Pakistan 58
Pakistan 43
Bangladesh 40
Bangladesh42
Nepal 45
Afghanistan 42
Nepal 30
Pakistan 38
Pakistan 38
Sri Lanka 46
Sri Lanka 39
Afghanistan 8
Afghanistan 21
Nepal 44
Nepal 24
Inconsistency in publicationsDocument 2006 2008 2010 2012 2015
Pre- Budget Statement
Budget Estimates
Appropriation Act
Citizens Budget
In-Year Report
Mid-Year Review
Annual Report (MOF)
Auditor General’s Report
Published Published for internal use Not Published
Citizen’s have ‘minimal’ budget information
Scant/none 0-20
Minimal 21-40
Limited 41-60
Substantial 61-80
Extensive 81-100
• Reduces ability to evaluate & scrutinize
• Decline in credible budget reporting
47
64 67
4639
Weak participation and oversight
WEAK LIMITED ADEQUATE0 10
015Public
Participation
67Oversight by
Auditor General
37Oversight by Legislature
Three ways to improve budget transparency
Make budgets people
friendly
Publish budget monitoring
documents on time
Create stronger control on contingent spending
Thank you
© Verité Research 2015