Busisi

The national budget, tested for public value

₱7.2 trillion. Sulit ba para sa Pilipino?

Busisi separates what the fiscal program says, what the budget proposes, and what public evidence can actually prove. No opaque score and no guessed intent.

Evidence boundary

The figures below are DBM forecasts and fiscal-program values. They are not enacted appropriations, releases, payments, or outcomes. The House bill is also not the final GAA.

Expenditure program₱7.200TFY2027 projection
Per resident envelopeLoading…Program divided by projected population
Revenue coverageLoading…Revenue divided by disbursements
Evidence directionsLoading…Transparent rules, not a score

Fiscal direction

What became stronger, and what became tighter?

Each comparison shows its rule, exact FY2026 and FY2027 values, and official source. Context-only rows are not forced into positive or negative labels.

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Public-value test

Twelve questions before calling a budget “good.”

Motive cannot be inferred from an appropriation. Busisi tests stated purpose, design, distribution, affordability, execution, and measurable results instead.

01 · Purpose

Need and plan alignment

Does the allocation answer a measured public need and an adopted national or regional plan?

Mixed evidence available
02 · Economy

Economic value

Will it expand productive capacity, reduce a binding cost, or improve access to work and markets?

Forecast context only
03 · People

Social value

Who benefits, how many people are reached, and is the service gap independently measured?

Outcome evidence needed
04 · Readiness

Implementation readiness

Are design, land, permits, procurement schedule, and implementing responsibilities ready?

Project evidence needed
05 · Price

Cost reasonableness

How does the unit cost compare with similar work, market references, and prior phases?

Comparable costs needed
06 · Fiscal space

Fiscal affordability

Can government fund the proposal while managing deficits, borrowing, interest, and future operating costs?

Official fiscal program available
07 · Execution

Absorptive capacity

Did the agency obligate and disburse prior appropriations, and can it deliver another increase?

Execution history needed
08 · Fairness

Distribution and equity

Which regions and groups gain or lose, using population, poverty, risk, and service-gap denominators?

Distribution evidence needed
09 · Durability

Resilience and maintenance

Are climate exposure, asset life, maintenance obligations, and recurrent costs accounted for?

Lifecycle evidence needed
10 · Traceability

Transparency

Can the public follow the line item from proposal through legislation, release, procurement, payment, and audit?

Budget stages available
11 · Results

Delivery and outcomes

Was the output completed, accepted, used, and connected to a measurable public result?

Appropriation is not delivery
12 · Choices

Opportunity cost

What other service, region, or project received less when this allocation received more?

Movements visible, causation unknown

Opportunity cost

Where did the House move the largest agency totals?

These movements identify document-review questions. They do not prove that one agency caused another agency's change.

Largest increases

NEP to House bill, comparable appropriation heads

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Largest decreases

NEP to House bill, comparable appropriation heads

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A movement is not yet an opportunity-cost finding. A defensible tradeoff requires program purpose, beneficiary, output, implementation readiness, and final GAA evidence.

Official evidence

Start with the source, not the conclusion.