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...

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...

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...