Budget Analysis: Bangladesh Experience

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Budget Analysis Bangladesh Experience
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Bangladesh Experience

• Started with a participatory study on budget
  resulting in three books
• Peoples budget
• Budget for the poor
• Participatory budgeting
• Contributed in widespread sensitization about
  participatory budgeting
• Analysis of the budget each year
• Publication of budget made-easy
• Sharing among the concerned stakeholders
• Mass distribution as educative material

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Bangladesh Experience

• Huge media coverage each year
• Increased sensitization
• People aware of the allocation of budget
• The budget making process becoming more
  receptive/responsive

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How we do

• Through CSO Coalition
• Chose themes each year
• Thematic campaign specific to marginalized,
  disabled people
• After the budget is declared, we put our
  concern/reactions in the public through mass
  media
• We submit our concerns to the finance minister

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What weve done this year

• Gender budgeting
• National level
• Local government level
• Thematic campaign and analysis
• Budget for the marginalized
• Budget for the disabled

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Result

• Participatory local budgeting process enhanced