This discussion paper lays out the case for a Legislative Budget Office (LBO) in the Solomon Islands, with particular emphasis on local factors such as (1) intensive reforms across three dozen initiatives, (2) the need for oversight and accountability over exogenous funding, (3) the...

Whereas Legislative Budget Offices (LBOs) provide an important mechanism for accountability and transparency in the budget process, a further step in developing a robust fiscal accountability ecosystem lies in the creation of reverse-accountability of institutions such as the LBO itself. In...

Budget Offices can play a role in mitigating information asymmetry not just for their immediate stakeholders (public officeholders), but also for the general public. This discussion paper examines the efforts of the municipal budget office in Austin, Texas and its efforts to inform the wider...

The proposed 2017 Trump Administration Budget is premised on a rudimentary error of an arithmetic nature. This discussion paper ties the double-counting error in the Trump budget with the perspectives of budget institutions: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget...

The precipitous decline in the price of oil over the past year has raised questions about the sustainability of the budget trajectory in many resource-rich nations. Given the central parliamentary role in the budget process and the singular importance of extractive industries to Canada's fiscal...

This article focuses on the importance of parliamentary oversight of the extractive industries in the South African context, and examines the potential of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) towards serving the South African parliament vis-à-vis oversight of extractive resources. It points to...