International Practices to Promote Budget Literacy: Key Findings and Lessons Learned

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-1071-8

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International Practices to Promote Budget Literacy: Key Findings and Lessons Learned

dc.contributor.author	Masud, Harika
dc.contributor.author	Pfeil, Helene
dc.contributor.author	Agarwal, Sanjay
dc.contributor.author	Gonzalez Briseno, Alfredo
dc.date.accessioned	2017-06-05T21:36:04Z
dc.date.available	2017-06-05T21:36:04Z
dc.date.issued	2017-06-05
dc.description.abstract	Budget literacy is defined as 'the ability to read, decipher, and understand public budgets to enable and enhance meaningful citizen participation in the budget process'. It is comprised of two main parts - (i) a technical understanding of public budgets, including familiarity with government spending, tax rates and public debt and; (ii) the ability to engage in the budget process, comprising of practical knowledge on day-to-day issues, as well as an elementary understanding of the economic, social and political implications of budget policies, the stakeholders involved and when and how to provide inputs during the annual budget cycle. Given that no international standards or guidelines have been established for budget literacy education to date, this book seeks to address this gap by taking stock of illustrative initiatives promoting budget literacy for youth in selected countries. The underlying presumption is that when supply-side actors in the budget process -- governments -- simplify and disseminate budget information for demand-side actors -- citizens -- this information will then be used by citizens to provide feedback on the budget. However, since citizens are often insufficiently informed about public budgets to constructively participate in budget processes one way to empower them and to remedy the problem of "budget illiteracy" is to provide budget-literacy education in schools to youth, helping them evolve into civic-minded adults with the essential knowledge needed for analyzing their government's fiscal policy objectives and measures, and the confidence and sense of social responsibility to participate in the oversight of public resources. This book elaborates on approaches, learning outcomes, pedagogical strategies and assessment approaches for budget literacy education, and presents lessons that are relevant for the development, improvement, or scaling up of budget literacy initiatives.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1071-8
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-1071-8
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26956
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Studies;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	BUDGET
dc.subject	FISCAL
dc.subject	STUDENTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	TAX
dc.subject	EDUCATION
dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	PUBLIC FINANCE
dc.subject	BUDGET LITERACY
dc.subject	CIVIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	TAX EDUCATION
dc.subject	MACROECONOMICS
dc.title	International Practices to Promote Budget Literacy	en
dc.title.subtitle	Key Findings and Lessons Learned	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	International Practices to Promote Budget Literacy: Key Findings and Lessons Learned
okr.date.disclosure	2017-06-28
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-15T10:57:39.565730Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1071-8
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1071-8
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	211071
okr.identifier.report	115788
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okr.language.supported	en
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okr.topic	Education::Curriculum & Instruction
okr.topic	Governance::Citizenship
okr.topic	Governance::Democratic Government
okr.topic	Governance::National Governance
okr.topic	Education::Primary Education
okr.topic	Education::Secondary Education
okr.topic	Public Sector Development::Public Sector Expenditure Policy
okr.unit	GGO15