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The Public Budgeting App: A Tool for Making Budgeting Processes More Orderly and Open

August 25, 2020 09:21:51 AM

The budget is a basic building block of the public financial management system. But what happens when a budget is not timely, orderly, inclusive, and open to the citizens? PFM experts say there could be delays in capital expenditure, which jeopardise Value for Money; recurrent expenditure may not reflect the latest priorities of government ...

Managing the Civil Service Amidst the ‘New Norm’: South West Heads of Service Share Experiences

August 17, 2020 12:53:16 PM

The 12th forum of South West Heads of Service (HoS) was initially scheduled to hold in the last week of March 2020. A week to the planned date, lockdown measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic were imposed. As a result, the Community of Practice (CoP) gathering was postponed. Adapting to the new norm, the Heads of Service....

Equitable Budgeting: A step towards more equitable, inclusive and peaceful societies

June 25, 2020 08:58:48 AM

The destabilising impact of the COVID-19 crisis calls for the formulation of policies, budgets and plans that protect the health, livelihood and access to education for all, including the most vulnerable and marginalised; and calls for adaptation to the economic and fiscal consequences caused by the pandemic.