The journey of budget advocacy in Indonesia began with the rise of the anti-corruption movement, precisely since the era of regional autonomy began in 2000. Corruption, which was initially centralized, also shifted to provinces and districts/cities. Regional executive and parliamentary institutions have become hotbeds of corruption. Fighting against corruption was the initial agenda for budget advocacy activists, along with the implementation of fiscal decentralization. Furthermore, budget advocacy shifted to measuring budget allocations in fulfilling basic rights while encouraging a participatory, transparent and accountable budgeting process.

The book you are reading seeks to document the experiences of budget advocacy activists when dealing with various cases of corruption and poor regional budget management. The range of experiences recorded in this text is quite broad. Fitra National Secretariat's report, Isn't Enough? for example, shows that budget advocacy cannot be separated from aspects of regulations and legislation

In another part, PATTIRO Malang shares their experiences in encouraging the formation and implementation of regional budgets that are oriented towards fulfilling the basic rights of citizens, especially education. Their advocacy experience can be seen in the article Achieving the Right to Education Through BOSDA.

Fulfilling the right to health is also a target of the budget advocacy movement. The urgency of this issue has sucked up a lot of resources from civil society organizations, one of which is the Initiative Association, Bandung. Their efforts to develop a budget policy basis that guarantees access to cheap health services is contained in
Healthy is Cheap and Easy. It is hoped that the Regional Regulation on health insurance will be a starting point so that health services for the poor are cheap and easy to reach.