Additional elements

    6. Prebudget statement. The broad parameters for the executive budget proposal regarding expenditure, planned revenue, and debt is made available to the public at least four months before the start of the fiscal year.

    7. Other external audit reports. All nonconfidential reports on central government consolidated operations are made available to the public within six months of submission.

    8. Summary of the budget proposal. Either (i) a clear, simple summary of the executive budget proposal is publicly available within two weeks of the executive budget proposal's submission to the legislature, or (ii) the enacted budget understandable by the nonbudget experts, often referred to as a “citizens’ budget,” and where appropriate, translated into the most commonly spoken local language(s), is publicly available within one month of the budget’s approval.

    9. Macroeconomic forecasts. The forecasts, as assessed in PI-14.1, are available within one week of their endorsement.

The narrative of the assessment should also comment on the quality of information made available to the public, focusing on areas such as the accessibility of language and structure; the appropriateness of the layout; the availability of summaries for large documents; and the means used to facilitate public access, such as websites, the press, and notice boards for locally relevant information