Rethinking Budgeting Reports
Rethinking Budgeting Reports
View reports related to fairness, making better decisions, better strategic planning and reserves, public engagement, how to budget, politics, conflict, and controversy, addressing fragmentation of local government, and more.
Why Do We Need to Rethink Budgeting
Local governments have long relied on incremental, line item budgeting where last year’s budget becomes next year’s budget with changes around the margin. Though this form of budgeting has its advantages and can be useful under circumstances of stability, it also has important disadvantages.