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Croatia's score on open budget index 2010

On October 19, the Washington-based International Budget Partnership (IBP) released its Open Budget Index 2010 for 94 countries, created on the basis of the 2009 data1. The Croatia's score is 57 out of 100, less than in 2008 when it was 59. This shows that the government still provides the public with insufficient information on how it spends public money. Low budget transparency in Croatia opens the door to abuse and inappropriate and inefficient use of public funds. The Croatian government could achieve transparency improvement in a short period of time and at a relatively low cost, by including in the budget documents the additional information that it already possesses and by encouraging the public to participate more actively in the budget process.

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