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The Open Budget Survey (OBS) is the world’s only independent, comparative and fact-based research instrument that uses internationally accepted criteria to assess public access to central government budget information; Public formal opportunities for the public to participate in the national budget Participation: process; and the role of budget oversight institutions such as the legislature and au. [...] Mid-Year A comprehensive update on the implementation of 2018 Not Review the budget as of the middle of the fiscal year; Produced includes a review of economic assumptions and an updated forecast of budget outcomes. [...] Improve the comprehensiveness of the Citizens Budget (CB) by: providing information on the main policy initiatives in the budget, the macroeconomic forecast on which the budget is based, and contact information for follow-up by citizens; making mechanisms to identify the public’s requirements for budget information in the CB more accessible; and publishing CBs for additional stages of the budget p. [...] Improve the comprehensiveness of the In-Year Reports by: providing expenditure and revenue comparisons to either the Enacted Budget or the same period in the previous year, and displaying additional information on actual government borrowing and debt. [...] The OBS also assesses the formal opportunities offered to the public for meaningful participation in the different stages of the budget process.