Deconstructing Budget 2021-22: An Exercise in Estimating Child Budget

Mustafizur Rahman and Md. Asiful Islam

No 36, CPD Report from Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

Abstract: About two-fifths of the total population in Bangladesh are children (aged between 0-18 years), which is indicative of the importance of investing in children for the future of the country. It is from this vantage point that, prioritisation of issues of concern to children in policies, allocations for children in public expenditure and allocative efficiency to advance the interests of children, have assumed such heightened interest in the present context of Bangladesh’s development. Since taking good care of children has been enshrined in Bangladesh’s constitution, it is a ‘rights issue’ as far as the children of the country are concerned. However, it is through public policies and public expenditure that these rights will need to be realised on the ground. It is against this backdrop that analysis of budgetary expenditure from the perspectives of children has high practical significance. Such an analysis allows estimating the amount of allocations for specific child-focused programmes and expenditures under various ministries and heads, what proportion of budgetary allocations are going for children, what are the particular projects, and whether these cater to the emerging demands of children.

Keywords: Budget 2021-22; Child Budget; Children; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2023-05
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