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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459525203321

Autore

Kosack Stephen

Titolo

From the ground up [[electronic resource] ] : improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations / / Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, and Charles Griffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Brookings Institution Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-52567-0

9786612525674

0-8157-0436-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TolmieCourtney

GriffinCharles C. <1951->

Disciplina

352.8/8

Soggetti

Government accountability - Developing countries

Transparency in government - Developing countries

Civil society - Developing countries

Non-governmental organizations - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Improving governance from the ground up -- Gather the budget data -- Follow the money -- Examine the spending -- Recommend solutions -- Disseminate and advocate -- Possibilities and lessons of independent monitoring.

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning in 2007, the Transparency and Accountability Project of  the Brookings Institution and the Results for Development Institute sponsored 16 "independent monitoring agencies" that "undertook expenditure- or performance- monitoring projects in health and education" in Africa, East and South Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.  This book is a compilation of  those organizations'  findings -- x-xi