The Centre for Budget Advocacy (CBA) was established to support civil society organizations to appreciate and improve their understanding of and engage with the public budgets and the budgeting process as a means of claiming rights for and by the poor and promoting "good governance" and democracy.
The Centre for Budget Advocacy (CBA) is not only involved in advocacy on budgets at all levels but also involved in research in pertinent issues that relate to budgets. Like many other budget advocacy groups, we view the budget as a very important policy tool because:
The nation's resources are generated and allocated through the budget;
The budget states the amount of public resources needed for and how government (national or local) plans to generate them for public expenditures; and
The budget impacts the lives of virtually everybody in society differently, depending on how resources are allocated.
So everybody should be interested in the budget and try to influence its outcome but this has not been the situation and most people, especially the poor and marginalized, are not adequately catered for, because: ......Read More
