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Budget Practices and Procedures (04) - Parliament and the purse: Legislative budget authority and oversight in Africa

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Africa’s legislatures hold formal constitutional authority over the budget. Across the 18 countries covered by the 2025 CABRI Budget Practices and Procedures (BPP) Survey, 17 have enacted legal frameworks governing parliamentary budget powers, 13 consistently meet statutory approval deadlines and most can formally amend the executive’s budget proposal. These are concrete institutional foundations that reflect decades of public financial management (PFM) reform and constitutional development.

Year: 2026 Theme: Budget practices Language: English

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