The governance and development blog of the Worldbank refers in this post to this very interesting document (pdf) about the importance of counting and budget transparency, something that does not apply to tobacco control grants to Sub-Sahara Africa.
They underline the importance of critical information like budgets, spending priorities, detail of expenditures. Counting is key: detailed budget reviews, budget analysis and expenditure tracking can lead to performance monitoring, breaking a culture of secrecy, creating scorecards for accountability. Where is such information about the millions spent to promote tobacco control in Sub-Sahara Africa?
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