Barbados: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes: Fiscal Transparency Module

September 27, 2007

Summary

This Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes assesses Fiscal Transparency for Barbados. The report reveals that Barbados has a number of good practices on fiscal transparency including a legal requirement to publish the budget Estimates, the annual report of the accountant general, and the annual Report of the auditor general as well as websites that provide data on budget outturn for current and previous years. The outturn prior to the budget year is provided alongside budget estimates, which are provided on a gross basis according to administrative, economic, program, and functional classifications.

Subject: Auditing, Budget planning and preparation, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Fiscal accounting and reporting, Public enterprises, Public financial management (PFM), Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)

Keywords: annual budget, Auditing, budget, Budget planning and preparation, Caribbean, central government, CR, debt management, enterprise, equity holding, final accounts, Fiscal accounting and reporting, fiscal year, government, internal audit, ISCR, Public enterprises, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)

Pages:
41
Volume:
2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451806083.002
Issue:
338
Series:
Country Report No. 2007/338
Stock No:
1BRBEA2007002
ISBN:
9781451806083
ISSN:
1934-7685

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