In the Open Budget Survey 2019 established by the International Budget Partnership, Chad scores 0 out of 100 compared to public participation in the budget process. Transparency alone is not enough to improve governance in Chad. With inclusive public participation, the results may be better than they are today.
The Open Budget Survey assessed, in Chad, the formal possibilities offered to the public for expressive participation in the various stages of the budget process. These stages relate to the preparation, audit, execution and approval of the budget. The survey examined the practices of the executive, the legislature and the supreme institution of control of public finances (SAI) of the central power. This is using 18 equally weighted indicators.
The indicators are aligned with the principles of public participation in the budgetary policy of the Global Initiative for Budgetary Transparency. The score for public participation in the budget process to achieve better governance is 0 out of 100.
The bottom line is that the range of opportunities for public participation in the budget process is zero. In terms of development, public participation is 0 out of 100. The same goes for approval, execution and audit by supreme audit institutions. The low level of participation ranges between 0 to 40 points out of 100. The limited level is 41 to 60 out of 100 and finally, the sufficient level remains between 61-100.
In the table of public participation in the budget process, Chad occupies the same rank as Burkina, Niger and Senegal with 0 out of 100. In front of them are countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo with 31 out of 100, Benin with 24 out of 100, Cameroon 11 out of 100, Cote d’Ivoire with a score of 7 out of 100 and Mali with 4 out of 100.
In the 2019 Open Budget Survey report published by the International Budget Partnership, Chad ranks 103rd with a score of 14 out of 100 on budget transparency. 12 points more than the score in 2017.
The open budget survey is an independent corporate and factual research tool that uses internationally recognized criteria to assess, among other things: “public access to central government budget information, formal opportunities for the public to participate in the budget process national and the role of budget control institutions such as the legislature and the auditor in the budget process ”.
