MONROVIA – Liberia has ranked high over Nigeria, São Tomé e Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea and the Gambia but has fallen to Ghana and Sierra Leone in a global open budget survey conducted in Liberia by the Instituted for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD). Liberia’s transparency score of 38 in the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2019 is near its score in 2017. Liberia has increased the availability of budget information by: How comprehensive is the content of the key budget documents that Liberia makes available to the public? Public ParticipationThe Open Budget Survey report also pointed out that transparency alone is insufficient for improving governance and that Inclusive public participation is crucial for realizing the positive outcomes associated with greater budget transparency. Legislative oversight 0 42 100 limited Audit oversight 0 61 100 adequate.

Source: Front Page Africa May 06, 2020 14:15 UTC