LEADER 03898oam 22005535 450 001 9910793059503321 005 20210112193537.0 010 $a1-4648-1072-9 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-1071-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000001411363 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4883912 035 $a(The World Bank)211071 035 $a(US-djbf)211071 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001411363 100 $a20020129d2017 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInternational Practices to Promote Budget Literacy : $eKey Findings and Lessons Learned /$fHarika Masud 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (234 pages) 225 1 $aWorld Bank Studies 311 $a1-4648-1071-0 327 $a1. Background -- Rationale and objectives -- Scope -- Method -- Notes -- Reference -- 2. Main findings -- School-based initiatives -- Beyond-school initiatives -- Notes -- References -- 3. Lessons learned -- Setting strategic objectives -- Incorporating budget literacy education into school curricula -- Developing diverse methods and materials for teaching and assessing budget literacy -- Building capacity to promote budget literacy education. 330 3 $aBudget literacy is defined as 'the ability to read, decipher, and understand public budgets to enable and enhance meaningful citizen participation in the budget process'. It is comprised of two main parts - (i) a technical understanding of public budgets, including familiarity with government spending, tax rates and public debt and; (ii) the ability to engage in the budget process, comprising of practical knowledge on day-to-day issues, as well as an elementary understanding of the economic, social and political implications of budget policies, the stakeholders involved and when and how to provide inputs during the annual budget cycle. Given that no international standards or guidelines have been established for budget literacy education to date, this book seeks to address this gap by taking stock of illustrative initiatives promoting budget literacy for youth in selected countries. The underlying presumption is that when supply-side actors in the budget process -- governments -- simplify and disseminate budget information for demand-side actors -- citizens -- this information will then be used by citizens to provide feedback on the budget. However, since citizens are often insufficiently informed about public budgets to constructively participate in budget processes one way to empower them and to remedy the problem of "budget illiteracy" is to provide budget-literacy education in schools to youth, helping them evolve into civic-minded adults with the essential knowledge needed for analyzing their government's fiscal policy objectives and measures, and the confidence and sense of social responsibility to participate in the oversight of public resources. This book elaborates on approaches, learning outcomes, pedagogical strategies and assessment approaches for budget literacy education, and presents lessons that are relevant for the development, improvement, or scaling up of budget literacy initiatives. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aBudget 606 $aFiscal 606 $aPublic Sector 606 $aStudents 606 $aTax 615 4$aBudget 615 4$aFiscal 615 4$aPublic Sector 615 4$aStudents 615 4$aTax 676 $a352.4/8 700 $aMasud$b Harika$01567139 702 $aPfeil$b He?le?ne 702 $aAgarwal$b Sanjay$f1962- 702 $aGonzalez Briseno$b Alfredo 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793059503321 996 $aInternational Practices to Promote Budget Literacy$93838280 997 $aUNINA