Will the budget's veil of secrecy be lifted in 2024?
Abstract
The lack of transparency on the implementation progress of proposals in budget speeches has increased sharply in 2022 and 2023, according to a systematic evaluation conducted by Verité Research.
The government – on average – did not disclose information to assess progress of 70% of the expenditure proposals in 2022 and 2023, up from 45% between 2017-2021. This means the information was not disclosed proactively online, nor in response to the right to information requests filed.
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These infographics were presented at the mid-year assessment of Budget 2023 press conference and are on the Public Finance Platform in all three languages: English, Sinhala and Tamil.
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