Publication: Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance
Date
2008-10
ISSN
Published
2008-10
Author(s)
Songwe, Vera
Francis, Paul
Rossiasco, Paula
O'Neill, Fionnuala
Chase, Rob
Abstract
Since January 2004, the Nigerian Federal
Ministry of Finance has taken an initiative to improve
transparency at all levels of government, particularly the
sub-national level. Every month, it publishes the federal,
state, and local government shares of revenue from the
country's federal account. From its inception, then
Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala led this initiative as
one of many efforts to improve public expenditure
management, itself part of a broader set of institutional
and governance reforms. Nigeria's effort to publish
budgets is a leading example of how transparent information
is essential to allow citizens to participate effectively in
governance, hold authorities to account, and thereby enhance
development effectiveness. The intuition behind this
burgeoning awareness is clear. Like for other good things,
the best governance outcomes result when there is a free
flow of information between those supplying government
services and those demanding those services.
Citation
“Songwe, Vera; Francis, Paul; Rossiasco, Paula; O'Neill, Fionnuala; Chase, Rob. 2008. Nigeria’s Experience Publishing Budget Allocations : A Practical Tool to Promote Demand for Better Governance. Social Development Notes. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/49d9a940-02ce-5fa4-8084-533801f6bad5 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”