A STUDY ON PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN DECENTRALIZED OPERATIONS - A CASE STUDY OF TANZANIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 9
Abstract
The idea of involving local citizens in decision making process, budgeting and local development programmes has attracted special attention to both developed and developing countries. Following the contention that; citizens’ participation on local government budgeting is a strong means of achieving effective decentralization; the current study aims to assess the importance of participatory budgeting in a decentralized operations in Tanzanian local governments. To achieve the main objective of the study, authors employed structured questionnaires to collect primary data and key respondents were accountants, internal auditors, planning officers, procurement officers, head of departments and council directors. Also, we employed Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) to conductmeticulous descriptive analysis. Chi-square test indicates that p value (0.009) is less than level of significance; (p (0.009) < 0.05). This shows strong statistical evidence of rejecting null hypothesis and accepting alternative hypothesis. Thus chi-square test confirms that there is a relationship between decentralization and participatory budgeting. The main objective of decentralization is to empower local community, enabling them to participate in development projects and being able to enforce accountability by demanding transparency. However, to realize full benefits of participatory budgeting, local governments need political will being supported by legal framework to create apparent atmosphere for citizens’ participation.
Authors and Affiliations
Prof. G. V. Chalam And Flavianus Benedicto Ng'eni
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