Comments for Open Budgets Blog http://openbudgetsblog.org Views from the International Budget Partnership Wed, 02 May 2012 10:41:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on A political path to budget transparency? Transparency, elections and political competition by Albert van Zyl http://openbudgetsblog.org/2012/04/30/a-political-path-to-budget-transparency-elections-and-political-competition/#comment-696 Albert van Zyl Wed, 02 May 2012 10:41:58 +0000 http://openbudgetsblog.org/?p=1003#comment-696 Agreed. The drivers of budget transparency should not be confused with the drivers of participation. It would be interesting to look at the drivers of participation as well. Agreed. The drivers of budget transparency should not be confused with the drivers of participation. It would be interesting to look at the drivers of participation as well.

]]> Comment on A political path to budget transparency? Transparency, elections and political competition by Ravi Duggal http://openbudgetsblog.org/2012/04/30/a-political-path-to-budget-transparency-elections-and-political-competition/#comment-687 Ravi Duggal Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:37:05 +0000 http://openbudgetsblog.org/?p=1003#comment-687 Free and fair elections and budget transparency do go together but there is no guarantee that accountability and participation will follow. For example India has been a democracy (and that too the largest one) for decades and free and fair elections and budget transparency has also been around for a great amount of time, the latter being strengthened by the Right to Information Act. But despite this accountability and participation are very weak in India because the pillar of democracy is a false one - democracy has become a tool to cycle control amongst afew political parties. Dr BR Ambedkar, the prime architect of India's Constitution and a dalit leader had this to say: "Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realize that our people have to learn it. Democracy in India is a top-dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic. " - Dr B. R. Ambedkar Constitution Assembly Debate on Monday, 8th November, 1948 Free and fair elections and budget transparency do go together but there is no guarantee that accountability and participation will follow. For example India has been a democracy (and that too the largest one) for decades and free and fair elections and budget transparency has also been around for a great amount of time, the latter being strengthened by the Right to Information Act. But despite this accountability and participation are very weak in India because the pillar of democracy is a false one – democracy has become a tool to cycle control amongst afew political parties. Dr BR Ambedkar, the prime architect of India’s Constitution and a dalit leader had this to say:

“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realize that our people have to learn it. Democracy in India is a top-dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic. ”
- Dr B. R. Ambedkar Constitution Assembly Debate on Monday, 8th November, 1948

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]]> Comment on The era of accountability has arrived: Warren Krafchik’s speech at the Open Government Partnership in Brasilia by Active Citizen | Open Government Partnership: Ireland http://openbudgetsblog.org/2012/04/17/the-era-of-accountability-has-arrived-warren-krafchiks-speech-at-the-open-government-partnership-in-brasilia/#comment-665 Active Citizen | Open Government Partnership: Ireland Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:48:39 +0000 http://openbudgetsblog.org/?p=986#comment-665 [...] for Open Government Partnership meeting” - read a transcript of Clinton’s speech - read Warren Krafchik’s prepared address OGP2012 “The era of accountability has [...] [...] for Open Government Partnership meeting” – read a transcript of Clinton’s speech – read Warren Krafchik’s prepared address OGP2012 “The era of accountability has [...]

]]> Comment on Draft #5: Still more work to be done on Kenya’s budget law by Albert van Zyl http://openbudgetsblog.org/2011/06/24/draft-5-still-more-work-to-be-done-on-kenya%e2%80%99s-budget-law/#comment-567 Albert van Zyl Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:01:03 +0000 http://openbudgetsblog.org/?p=788#comment-567 We have not seen the final bill yet. If you have a copy, please pass it on? Thanks We have not seen the final bill yet. If you have a copy, please pass it on?

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