Publications

The budgeting function is undergoing significant modernization in many countries globally. This was evident from the discussions and presentations in the meeting of the OECD SBO CESEE and the follow-up work-planning BCOP meeting held in October 2022…

This is a knowledge product developed for the Program and Performance Budgeting Working Group (PPBWG) that operates within the Budget Community of Practice (BCOP). The Working Group decided to examine this topic because this country has the longest…

This is a knowledge product developed for the Budget Literacy and Transparency Working Group (BLTWG) that operates within the Budget Community of Practice (BCOP).This knowledge product provides good practices and recommendations for Ministries of…

This knowledge product represents a brief general stocktaking and benchmarking report. Its objective is to briefly review the current practices in spending reviews in PEMPAL countries as of 2021, benchmark to the current practices in OECD countries…

Participatory budgeting (PB) is “a mechanism or a process through which people make decisions on the destination of all or part of the available public resources,”1 and offers several specific benefits, if executed well. It is a process that could…

The development of this knowledge product was motivated by the global budgetary pressure stemming from both reduced revenues and increased expenditure needs resulting from COVID-19 pandemic. This report provides some valuable and innovative options…

The development of this knowledge product was motivated by the need to provide specific advice for the national Ministries of Finance on participatory budgeting, given that such initiatives are globally prevalent at the subnational level. This…

This knowledge product was developed by the BCOP Program and Performance Budgeting Working Group. It presents data on performance budgeting and spending reviews in PEMPAL countries, benchmarks the practices in PEMPAL countries to those in advanced…

This knowledge product was developed by the BCOP Budget Literacy and Transparency Working Group.It includes global definitions of public participation; benefits of public participation that could be used as justification for investments;…

This knowledge product was developed by the BCOP Program and Performance Budgeting Working Group. It takes stock of main characteristics of the indicators collected in budget planning processes in member countries and identifies countries’ main…