Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BAGHDAD1291
2009-05-17 16:05:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
BAGHDAD RESPONSE TO STATE 2885: IRAQ'S BUDGET IS
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UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001291
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL
SUBJECT: BAGHDAD RESPONSE TO STATE 2885: IRAQ'S BUDGET IS
TRANSPARENT
REF: STATE 28885
UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001291
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL
SUBJECT: BAGHDAD RESPONSE TO STATE 2885: IRAQ'S BUDGET IS
TRANSPARENT
REF: STATE 28885
1. Iraq benefits from USG foreign-assistance funding. The GOI's
budget is a matter of public record. Budget lines for individual
ministries and revenue estimates are debated openly in the national
legislature. The final budget is available to the public when it is
printed in the official GOI gazette following approval by the
presidency council. Some of the information in the budget is made
available to the public through GOI websites. There are plans to
further improve budget transparency via the Internet in 2009.
2. USG technical advisors are continuously engaged with Iraqi
officials who manage fiscal affairs. In the course of this
technical-assistance relationship, the GOI Ministry of Finance
routinely shares detailed data on expenditures and revenue. These
data are reconciled with information received from other sources,
thereby reinforcing the high degree of transparency and the validity
of fiscal data in Iraq.
BUTENIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL
SUBJECT: BAGHDAD RESPONSE TO STATE 2885: IRAQ'S BUDGET IS
TRANSPARENT
REF: STATE 28885
1. Iraq benefits from USG foreign-assistance funding. The GOI's
budget is a matter of public record. Budget lines for individual
ministries and revenue estimates are debated openly in the national
legislature. The final budget is available to the public when it is
printed in the official GOI gazette following approval by the
presidency council. Some of the information in the budget is made
available to the public through GOI websites. There are plans to
further improve budget transparency via the Internet in 2009.
2. USG technical advisors are continuously engaged with Iraqi
officials who manage fiscal affairs. In the course of this
technical-assistance relationship, the GOI Ministry of Finance
routinely shares detailed data on expenditures and revenue. These
data are reconciled with information received from other sources,
thereby reinforcing the high degree of transparency and the validity
of fiscal data in Iraq.
BUTENIS