Budget Analysis:
Bangladesh Experience
Bangladesh Experience
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Started with a participatory study on budget
resulting in three books
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People’s budget
Budget for the poor
Participatory budgeting
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Contributed in widespread sensitization about
participatory budgeting
 Analysis of the budget each year
 Publication of budget made-easy
 Sharing among the concerned stakeholders
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Mass distribution as educative material
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
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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
What we’ve done this year
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Gender budgeting
National level
 Local government level
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Thematic campaign and analysis
Budget for the marginalized
 Budget for the disabled
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Result
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Participatory local budgeting process
enhanced