Corruption in the Infrastructure Provision: The Role of Accountability Mechanisms in the Community Driven Development Projects of Indonesia (Urban Development and Infrastructure) - Hardcover

Thomas Nektarios Papanastasiou

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1634844556 ISBN 13: 9781634844550

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2016

Synopsis

This book explores the accountability mechanisms of the Community Driven Development (CDD) projects in provision of water-services to decentralised rural-Indonesia and examines how these mechanisms prevent or mitigate corruption risks. The analysis is based on three water supply community development programs in Indonesia. This book examines the selected project s accountability-mechanisms by analysing three key areas (factors): legitimacy, transparency and monitoring or oversight control. This book asserts that if the project s regulatory framework provides mechanisms of legitimacy, transparency and monitoring control at the community grass-roots level, this in turn can increase the responsiveness and accountability of the infrastructure providers and therefore prevent (more effectively) the risk of corruption. The core result attained from the research outlined in this book is that when projects include specific mechanisms of legitimacy, transparency and monitoring control, they improve accountability and tackle the corruption risk better. This book encourages bottom-up accountability, moving away from the developmental authoritarianism, and building projects of local adaptation, ownership and deep-rooted democratization.

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About the Author

Thomas Nektarios Papanastasiou is a Lecturer of the Law Faculty of Neapolis University of Paphos (Cyprus) and an attorney licensed to practice with the Athens Bar. He holds a Ph.D. with a focus on International Investment Law and an M.A. in International Relations from Waseda University of Tokyo, as well as an LL.M. in Civil Procedure, and an LL.B. from Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece). He has worked as a consultant to international organizations, such as the World Bank and to consulting firms in Japan and Europe. His research focuses on public international law, foreign investments, energy law, international development and human rights.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1634844556
• ISBN 13: 9781634844550
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 150