Demanding Good Governance: Lessons from Social Accountability Initiatives in Africa - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821383809 ISBN 13: 9780821383803

Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Accountability is the cornerstone of good governance. Unless public officials can be held to account, then critical benefits associated with good governance, such as social justice, poverty reduction and development remain elusive. The impacts of non-responsive and unaccountable governance are perhaps most harshly felt by the citizens of Africa, where corruption and governance failures are broadly acknowledged as a principal obstacle to the achievement Over the past decade, a range of social accountability practices-such as participatory budgeting, independent budget analysis, participatory monitoring of public expenditure and citizen evaluation of public services have been experimented with in many Africa countries. Their outcomes and lessons have, thus far, received little attend and documentation. This volume aims to make a contribution towards filling this gap by describing and analyzing a selection of social accountability initiatives from seven Sub-Saharan countries.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821383809
• ISBN 13: 9780821383803
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: McNeil Mary, Malena Carmen