Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability
By (Author) Sanjeev Khagram
Edited by Archon Fung
Edited by Paolo de Renzio
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Brookings Institution
5th April 2013
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Comparative politics
Public finance and taxation
Political economy
352.48
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Description
Rigorous analysis of public budget transparency and participation has been thin at best. Open Budgets is a major step forward in our understanding of powerful changes. What are the characteristics, causes, and consequences of the shift toward greater transparency, participation, and accountability Where is it happening, under what conditions, and what does the future hold for this trend
Author Bio
Sanjeev Khagram is the John Parke Young Professor of Global Political Economy at Occidental College and Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum. Archon Fung is the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship at the Harvard Kennedy School. Paolo de Renzio is a senior research fellow with the International Budget Partnership and research associate at the Overseas Development Institute as well as at the University of Oxford.
