This report draws on the experiences of budget work in a number of countries, setting out a step-by-step process for analyzing a government’s budget to assess its compliance with its right to food obligations. While the focus is on right to food-related issues, the process described is readily adaptable to work on other rights.

“Many a slip…” builds on and goes beyond the information contained in Dignity Counts: A guide to using budget work to advance human rights, a publication produced in 2004 by the International Budget Partnership (IBP), Fundar-Centro de Análisis e Investigación and IHRIP. In the five years since Dignity Counts was published, organizations worldwide have actively pursued budget work using a rights framework. By drawing on the more recent experiences of budget work in a number of countries, “Many a slip…” is able to provide a more in-depth and developed approach to human rights budget analysis. In addition, the guide contains information about initiatives in three countries to develop a “right to food budget.”

The report is 120 pages in length and is the product of a collaborative effort by the FAO, IHRIP, IBP and other organizations.