This dictionary provides all civic and political actors working to create or monitor effective budgets with a common set of terms and definitions related to budget issues. It aims to facilitate more effective communication between these actors and with governments.

Prepared by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), this document is intended as a basis for discussion within the international community regarding standards for the functioning of democratic legislatures. Just as there is no single, international body that certifies the democratic nature of a given electoral process, there can be no one arbiter of whether a legislature functions properly.

A 2006 report with analysis and recommendations for a strategy to develop a key pillar of democracy: the parliament of Montnegro.

Note: The first link below connects to the English-language version of this report. The second link connects to a version published in Serbo-Croatian.