Demanding good governance [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from social accountability initiatives in Africa / / Mary McNeil and Carmen Malena, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (429 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.6096
• Soggetto topico: Social accounting - Africa; Public administration - Africa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: McNeilMary <1956-> MalenaCarmen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Abbreviations; Map: Social Accountability Initiatives from Seven Selected Countries; Chapter 1: Social Accountability in Africa: An Introduction; Chapter 2: Participatory Budgeting in Fissel, Senegal; Chapter 3: Civic Participation in Policy and Budgetary Processes in Ilala Municipal Council, Tanzania; Chapter 4: Tracking the Ghana District Assemblies Common Fund; Chapter 5: Enhancing Civil Society Capacity for Advocacy and Monitoring: Malawi's Poverty Reduction Strategy Budget ; Chapter 6: Gender-Sensitive and Child-Friendly Budgeting in ZimbabweChapter 7: The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and Publish What You Pay Nigeria; Chapter 8: Citizen Control of Public Action: The Social Watch Network in Benin; Chapter 9: Social Accountability in Africa: An Analysis; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Social accountability refers to the wide range of citizen actions to hold the state to account, as well as actions on the part of government, media, and other actors that promote or facilitate these efforts. Social accountability strategies and tools help empower ordinary citizens to exercise their inherent rights to hold governments accountable for the use of public funds and how they exercise authority. This book explains what social accountability means in the African context, distilling some common success factors and lessons that can help other practitioners and innovators in the field. D
• Titolo autorizzato: Demanding good governance
• ISBN: 1-282-72563-7; 9786612725630; 0-8213-8383-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459963003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II