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Enhancing Citizens’ Participation In Planning And Budgeting In Kibaha Town Council, Tanzania, Mrisho M. Malipula
Enhancing Citizens’ Participation In Planning And Budgeting In Kibaha Town Council, Tanzania, Mrisho M. Malipula
BISNIS & BIROKRASI: Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi
Citizens’ participation is deemed key in the planning and budgeting of developmental activities, but grassroots participation in such endeavors has proven problematic. Against such a backdrop, this study examined citizens’ participation in planning and budgeting processes in local governments. It explores the nature and level of citizens’ participation in planning and budgeting, as well as challenges impeding their participation in the same KTC. The study employed a qualitative stakeholder analysis that involved a sum of 42 interviewees. 24 participated in 3 FGDs involving women, youth, and farmers, and 18 as Key Informants purposively picked among Councillors, WDC members, CSO leaders, …
The Performance Of The 1999 Federal Government Budget, An Appraisal, Edet B. Akpankpan
The Performance Of The 1999 Federal Government Budget, An Appraisal, Edet B. Akpankpan
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The annual budget is a key instrument for implementation of Government projects, programmes and policies. This paper attempts to explain the fact that the annual budget serves three important purposes, namely; as a tool for accountability and transparency; as a tool of management, and as an instrument of economic policy. The paper conclude that Despite the macrocosmic achievement of this, Administration, basic structural imbalances persist. These include the lingering problems of import dependence, reliance on a single economic sector-oil, weak industrial base, low level of agricultural production, a weak Private sector, high external debt overhang, inefficient public utilities, low quality …