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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778294103321

Titolo

Performance accountability and combating corruption / / edited by Anwar Shah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007

ISBN

1-280-94046-8

9786610940462

0-8213-6942-3

Descrizione fisica

xxvi, 418 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Public sector governance and accountability series

Altri autori (Persone)

ShahAnwar

Disciplina

352.3/4

Soggetti

Total quality management in government

Political corruption - Prevention

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

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Overview; Part I Ensuring Integrity and Improving the Efficiency of Public Management; BOXES; TABLES; Part II Strengthening Oversight and Combating Corruption; FIGURES; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides an analytical framework and operational approaches needed for the implementation of results-based accountability. The volume makes a major contribution to the literature on public management and evaluation. Major subject areas covered in this book include: performance based accountability, e-government, legal and institutional framework to hold government to account; fighting corruption; external accountability and the role of supreme audit institutions on detecting fraud and corruption.