This issue consists of 5 articles: 1) Evaluation framework and practices: A comparative analysis of five OECD countries; 2) Health budgeting and governance responses to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons for improving health systems’ resilience; 3) How can independent fiscal institutions make the most of assessing past economic forecasts?; 4) Using behavioural insights to inform budget policy making: Eight Israeli case studies; and 5) Green budgeting: A way forward.