DUSHANBE, January 15, 2015, Asia-Plus – According to the U.S. 2014 Fiscal Transparency Report, the government of Tajikistan did not meet the minimum fiscal transparency requirements.
The report, in particular, notes that Tajikistan’s budget is not substantially complete, and revenues and expenditures are not broken down by ministry.
Tajikistan’s fiscal transparency would be enhanced by publishing a detailed budget, carrying out audits of yearly expenditures by an independent supreme audit institution, and engaging the public in the budget process, the report says.
This report describes the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency developed by the Department of State in consultation with other relevant federal agencies, identifies governments that are potential beneficiaries of FY 2014 foreign assistance funds, assesses those that did not meet the minimum fiscal transparency requirements, and indicates whether those governments made significant progress towards meeting the requirements.
The US State Department reportedly assessed 140 governments that were potential beneficiaries of US foreign assistance and came up with the result that 50 states did not meet US minimum requirements of fiscal transparency, including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
