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Making public finance public: comparing Croatia, Macedonia and Ukraine

In chapter 9 Katarina Ott analyzes the legal systems of Croatia, Macedonia and Ukraine to look for legal opportunities for participatory budgeting policies as well as for usage of these opportunities in budgeting practice. She concentrates on three specific issues. First, can citizens oversee the budget? Second, are budget data available? And third, is it clear who is accountable for what? Ott concludes that Ukraine offers legal opportunities for its citizens to oversee the budget, but the relevant procedures are not well defined. Macedonia, on the other hand, has no legal framework to allow citizens to participate in the budgetary process. Still, other laws support participation in decisions about common matters. Therefore, it should be said that legal opportunities for overseeing budgetary process are provided indirectly. Croatia has the best legal framework. Still, all three countries show very little interest in overseeing the budgetary system. In Ukraine it is a problem of lack of clearly defined procedures. Macedonia should install a legal framework that supports overseeing the budgetary process. Croatia, on the other hand, has a problem with willingness rather than opportunities. For cultural and psychological reasons, citizen participation is weak and government accountability low in all three countries.

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