BUDGET%20MONITORING

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BUDGET MONITORING

• SOUTH ASIA

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Some Examples - BANGLADESH

• In 2005, Peoples Report of MDGs
• Civil Society actors
• Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (central
  authority-debated)
• Used participatory methods-bringing peoples
  perceptions
• Global Report on MDGs in 2005-triggered
  initiatives in specific countries-part of it went
  into the global report
• Huge discrepancies in peoples perceptions and
  quantified data
• Mode of data collection- Focus Group Discussions
• Acceptability, Accessibility and Affordability-
  parameters forming the background
• Stratified sampling
• Initiative was spearheaded by 20 organizations
  across Bangladesh
• Nepal also came out with its own report
• BMDGs Bangladesh MDGs

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INDIA

• In 2005, initiative Securing Rights Citizens
  report on MDGs
• Also looked at National Development Goals and
  NCMP of the Govt.
• Same methodology as Nepal and Bangladesh
• National Development Goals and NCMp more ambitious

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NEPAL

• Report Whose Goals? first initiative of a
  critical review
• Other set of indicators which were Nepal specific
• Goals should be tailored to situation of Nepal
• Do not talk about societies which are stratified
  along caste, arm insurgency
• We need to go Beyond MDGs
• To reduce poverty Political Liability
• At civil society level, a coalition of 2-3
  organizations
• These reports questioned the legitimacy of MDGs

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PAKISTAN

• World Bank, ADB also reporting
• Civil society is confused on reliable data
• Bureau of statistics

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Gaps Government Reports

• Not placed in the public domain
• No Tripartite arrangement DONORS,
• CIVIL SOCIETY and GOVT. which is claimed

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Indicators

• POVERTY AND HUNGER
• HEALTH
• EDUCATION

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Monitoring Initiatives

• Data collection For Eg. Focus Group Discussions
• MDG monitoring committee at each level
• Civil society participation
• Develop a database with a procedure for updating
  it

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Capacities and Skills

• Collaboration of Govt and NGOs
• Tripartite engagement
• Training sessions in term of awareness and data
  collection