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Budget Promises: Beyond Parliament 2020

Budget Promises : Beyond Parliament is a dashboard under the public finance platform that tracks the government’s performance in delivering on its budget promises. In the absence of a budget speech in 2020, the platform tracked 26 expenditure and regulatory cabinet decisions between January – June 2020 and 8 unfulfilled proposals from the previous budget cycle.

Vist  https://dashboards.publicfinance.lk/budget-promises/regulatory-tracker/?pubfromyear=2020-end-year for a detailed analysis of the 2020 assessment.

The key findings from the 2020 assessments are depicted in the following infographics.
 

Decline in Disclosure and Implementation of Expenditure Proposals

The progress of the 24 expenditure proposals (16 Expenditure cabinet decisions and 8 unfulfilled proposals from the previous cycle) is depicted in the below infographic. The number undisclosed proposals have continuously increased from 2017 onwards with the 2020 cycle showcasing the highest number of undisclosed proposals.

Improvement in Implementing Regulatory Proposals

The progress of regulatory cabinet decisions noticed an improvement from the previous cycle where the percentage of implemented regulatory proposals increased from 18% to 40% in 2020.

Intensification of the “Closed” Culture

One of the key issues identified in 2020 cycle, was the intensification of a closed culture. The 2020 assessment identified poor visibility on the implementation of a significant proportion of cabinet decisions in the observed time period.

Increase in Confusion on Responsibility to Implement.

The budget monitoring process revealed that there is a significant breakdown of the lines of responsibility for several proposals. The increased confusion within agencies over the ownership of proposals severely impeded the information collection process and might also explain the decline in implementing expenditure proposals.

The Budget Promises initiative has made several recommendations in the past to improve the path to effective implementation of budget related proposals. The 2020 assessment revealed these recommendations continue to be relevant.

2021-10-28
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