As requested by the client, in relation to the boxes down the right-hand side:
KEEP heading: “What is the Open Budget Survey?”
KEEP text below heading: “The IBP's Open Budget Survey (OBS) is the only independent, regular, and comparative assessment of budget transparency and participation worldwide. This rigorous, comprehensive assessment is conducted every two years and measures the amount of budget information a country's central government makes publicly available, whether it engages citizens in budget processes, and the strength of formal oversight institutions. The Open Budget Index uses OBS data to calculate a transparency score (0 to 100) for each country in the OBS based on the amount of budget information that governments make public.”
REPLACE heading “What is OBS Tracker?”
WITH “What are the OBS Document Availability Updates?”
REPLACE text below the heading: “A tool that provides regular monthly updates on whether the central government of the countries publish each of the key budget documents on time as per international standards.”
WITH “A biannual update of the first section of the Open Budget Survey, which looks at whether the eight key budget documents are made available to the public. Twice a year this page will provide fresh data on whether national governments in countries included in the Open Budget Survey publish each of the eight key budget documents on time as per international standards.”
REPLACE heading “How do Tracker results relate to Open Budget Index scores?”
WITH “How do the OBS Document Availability Updates relate to the Open Budget Index score?”
REPLACE text “A country's Open Budget Index score is the most comprehensive measure of budget transparency at the central government level but is updated only every two years. The OBS Tracker monitors on monthly basis one of the factors included in the Open Budget Index: whether governments are at least releasing the eight key budget documents to the public (it does not assess the level of detailed information provided). Though the Open Budget Index score is the gold standard measure, the Tracker allows for tracking a country's progress on meeting basic international standards for the publication of budget documents.”
WITH “A country's Open Budget Index score is the most comprehensive measure of budget transparency at the central government level but is updated only every two years. The OBS Document Availability Updates monitors on a biannual basis one of the factors included in the Open Budget Index: whether governments are at least releasing the eight key budget documents to the public (it does not assess the level of detailed information provided). Though the Open Budget Index score is the gold standard measure, the OBS Document Availability Updates allow for tracking a country's progress on meeting basic international standards for the publication of budget documents.”
KEEP heading: “Why do we need to know about government budgets?”
KEEP text below heading “Budgets are a government's most powerful tool to meet the needs and priorities of a country and its people. Civil society organizations, legislators, auditors, the media, and the broader public need timely budget information to hold the government accountable for how it uses public resources. Without such scrutiny, the government can make bad choices on unpopular or inappropriate programs, waste money, and open the door to corruption. On the other hand, when ordinary people have information and opportunities to participate in government budget processes, they can promote real improvements in governance and policy.”
REMOVE “Open Budget Survey Data”
REMOVE “To see the complete results of four rounds of the Open Budget Survey, visit our interactive Open Budget Survey Data Explorer.”
pwalsh
commented
8 years ago
As requested by the client, in relation to the boxes down the right-hand side:
KEEP heading: “What is the Open Budget Survey?” KEEP text below heading: “The IBP's Open Budget Survey (OBS) is the only independent, regular, and comparative assessment of budget transparency and participation worldwide. This rigorous, comprehensive assessment is conducted every two years and measures the amount of budget information a country's central government makes publicly available, whether it engages citizens in budget processes, and the strength of formal oversight institutions. The Open Budget Index uses OBS data to calculate a transparency score (0 to 100) for each country in the OBS based on the amount of budget information that governments make public.”
REPLACE heading “What is OBS Tracker?” WITH “What are the OBS Document Availability Updates?” REPLACE text below the heading: “A tool that provides regular monthly updates on whether the central government of the countries publish each of the key budget documents on time as per international standards.” WITH “A biannual update of the first section of the Open Budget Survey, which looks at whether the eight key budget documents are made available to the public. Twice a year this page will provide fresh data on whether national governments in countries included in the Open Budget Survey publish each of the eight key budget documents on time as per international standards.”
REPLACE heading “How do Tracker results relate to Open Budget Index scores?” WITH “How do the OBS Document Availability Updates relate to the Open Budget Index score?” REPLACE text “A country's Open Budget Index score is the most comprehensive measure of budget transparency at the central government level but is updated only every two years. The OBS Tracker monitors on monthly basis one of the factors included in the Open Budget Index: whether governments are at least releasing the eight key budget documents to the public (it does not assess the level of detailed information provided). Though the Open Budget Index score is the gold standard measure, the Tracker allows for tracking a country's progress on meeting basic international standards for the publication of budget documents.” WITH “A country's Open Budget Index score is the most comprehensive measure of budget transparency at the central government level but is updated only every two years. The OBS Document Availability Updates monitors on a biannual basis one of the factors included in the Open Budget Index: whether governments are at least releasing the eight key budget documents to the public (it does not assess the level of detailed information provided). Though the Open Budget Index score is the gold standard measure, the OBS Document Availability Updates allow for tracking a country's progress on meeting basic international standards for the publication of budget documents.”
KEEP heading: “Why do we need to know about government budgets?” KEEP text below heading “Budgets are a government's most powerful tool to meet the needs and priorities of a country and its people. Civil society organizations, legislators, auditors, the media, and the broader public need timely budget information to hold the government accountable for how it uses public resources. Without such scrutiny, the government can make bad choices on unpopular or inappropriate programs, waste money, and open the door to corruption. On the other hand, when ordinary people have information and opportunities to participate in government budget processes, they can promote real improvements in governance and policy.”
REMOVE “Open Budget Survey Data” REMOVE “To see the complete results of four rounds of the Open Budget Survey, visit our interactive Open Budget Survey Data Explorer.”