1. Budget Transparency: Better for Democracy Better for the Economy Launch of Open Budget Survey 2015 © Verité Research 2015

2. 39 /100 69 /102 Score Rank Open Budget Survey : Sri Lanka

3. Sri Lanka falls in transparency score 69 th /102 52 th /100 13 th /94 14 th /83 27 th /59 45

4. Sri Lanka steady South Asian Rank & Score 20062008201020122015 India 52 Sri Lanka 64 Sri Lanka & India 67 India 68 Bangladesh 56 Pakistan 51 India 60 Afghanistan 59 India 46 Sri Lanka 47 Nepal 43 Bangladesh 48 Bangladesh & Pakistan 58 Pakistan 43 Bangladesh 40 Bangladesh 42 Nepal 45 Afghanistan 42 Nepal 30 Pakistan 38 Pakistan 38 Sri Lanka 46 Sri Lanka 39 Afghanistan 8 Afghanistan 21 Nepal 44 Nepal 24

5. Inconsistency in publications Document20062008201020122015 Pre- Budget Statement Budget Estimates Appropriation Act Citizens Budget In-Year Report Mid-Year Review Annual Report (MOF) Auditor General’s Report Published Published for internal use Not Published

6. Citizen’s have ‘minimal’ budget information Scant/none 0-20 Minimal 21-40 Limited 41-60 Substantial 61-80 Extensive 81-100 Reduces ability to evaluate & scrutinize Decline in credible budget reporting 47 64 67 46 39

7. Weak participation and oversight WEAK LIMITED ADEQUATE 0100 15 Public Participation 67 Oversight by Auditor General 37 Oversight by Legislature

8. Three ways to improve budget transparency Make budgets people friendly Publish budget monitoring documents on time Create stronger control on contingent spending

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