Show Me the Money :

BudgetAdvocacyin Indonesia

Budget Advocacy Stories

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Show Me the Money:

Budget Advocacy in Indonesia

Writers

Ari NurmanAsiswanto DarsonoDelima SilalahiFahrizaFitria MuslihMS. Wa’iMimin RukminiNandang SuhermanNurul Sa’adah AndrianiSaeful Muluk Setyo Dwi HerwantoWasingatu ZakiyahYemmestri EnitaYuna Farhan

Editors

Wahyu W. Basjir (Indonesian) and Debbie Budlender (English)

Translators

Ida Nurwidya, Rahmi Yunita, Theresia Wuryantari

Final Editors

Valentina Sri Wijiyati and Wasingatu Zakiyah

Lay outer

Furqon Ulya Himawan

Cover designer

Agus Eko Purwanto

First Print,

May 2011National Library: Catalogue in IssueShow Me the Money: Budget Advocacy in Indonesia/Ari Nurman, et al./Yogyakarta: IDEA, May2011xii + 152 pages16 x 24 cmISBN 978-602-99372-0-61. Money 2. Budget Advocacy 3. StoriesI TITLEIDEA – Inisiatif – Lakpesdam NUPATTIRO – Seknas FITRAInternational Budget Partnership

IDEA Association

Jl. Kaliurang KM 5 Gg Tejomoyo CT III / 3Yogyakarta 55281 Indonesia.idea@ideajogja.or.idwww.ideajogja.or.id

Preface

Budget advocacy in Indonesia grew out of the anti-corruption movement,starting in about in 2000. This is also the year in which Local Autonomy,

which saw a strong and rapid move towards decentralization, was irst

implemented. Before then, corruption was concentrated at centralgovernment level. As local governments were given more authority, thecorruption behavior also infected the 33 provinces and many districtsand cities of the country. Local government executives and legislaturesbecome nests of corruption. Civil society reacted through the anti-corruption movement. Corruption was also the initial focus of budget

advocates. However, as iscal decentralization was implemented, budget

advocacy shifted to analyzing budget allocations from the perspective of

basic rights fulillment, as well as promotion of participatory, transparent

and accountable planning and budgeting processes.This book seeks to document the experience of budget advocacyorganisations in tackling corruption and poor local budget management. It covers many areas of experience. For instance, the chapter by the NationalSecretary of Fitra, entitled

Is it never enough? Advocacy on government regulation on extra income for local legislative members