How to improve governance a new framework for analysis and action /

Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: De Ferranti, David M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10338428
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The challenge
  • Introduction
  • Do transparency, accountability, governance, and corruption matter?
  • Part II: The response
  • Overview
  • Principals and agents
  • Interest group dynamics
  • Signals and actions
  • Political systems
  • Interventions
  • Part III: Operationalizing the framework
  • Application at country level
  • Appendixes: Country case studies
  • A. Transparency and accountability in Ghana's budget process / Vitus Azeem
  • B. Transparency and accountability in Kenya's budget process / Gilbert Khadiagala
  • C. Transparency and accountability in Peru's budget process / Cecilia Zavallos
  • D. Transparency and accountability in Mexico's budget process / Juan Pardinas
  • E. Transparency and accountability in Thailand's budget process / Bjoern Dressel
  • F. Four composite country cases of attempted governance reform.