In practice, significant public expenditure receives legislative approval on an annual basis.

In practice, significant public expenditure receives legislative approval on an annual basis.
A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) all significant government expenditure is approved by the legislature on an annual basis in open hearings, and
2) the legislature makes in-year budget amendments to the government proposed budget.
A 100 score is earned even if defense expenditure is approved in closed hearings.

A 50 score is earned where any of the following conditions apply:
1) not all significant government expenditure is approved annually by the legislature or it's not approved in open hearings, or
2) the legislature occasionally doesn't approve in-year budget amendments.

A 0 score is earned where at least one of the following conditions applies:
1) the legislative rarely approves significant government expenditure, or
2) the legislature rarely makes in-year budget amendments to the government proposed budget.

For variable descriptions, please refer to: https://www.africaintegrityindicators.org/data.
For the methodology, please refer to: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e971d408be44753edfb976c/t/60a55f343d36117866628867/1621450563745/AII10+-+Methodology.docx+%281%29.pdf.