| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 118 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-108) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Improving governance from the ground up -- Chapter 2. Gather the budget data -- Chapter 3. Follow the money -- Chapter 4. Examine the spending -- Chapter 5. Recommend solutions -- Chapter 6. Disseminate and advocate -- Chapter 7. Possibilities and lessons of independent monitoring -- References -- Index. |
| Summary |
Begining 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Issued By |
"The Transparency and Accountability Project was initiated at the Brookings Institution in collaboration with the Results for Development Institute, where it is now permanently located and known as the Transparency and Accountability Program."--Title page verso. |
| Subject |
Government accountability -- Developing countries.
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Government accountability. |
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Developing countries. |
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Transparency in government -- Developing countries.
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Transparency in government. |
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Civil society -- Developing countries.
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Civil society. |
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Non-governmental organizations -- Developing countries.
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Non-governmental organizations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Tolmie, Courtney.
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Griffin, Charles C., 1951-
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Brookings Institution.
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Results for Development Institute.
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Transparency and Accountability Program.
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| Added Title |
Improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kosack, Stephen. From the ground up. Washington, DC : Results for Development Institute : Brookings Institution Press, ©2010 9780815704126 (DLC) 2009049036 (OCoLC)467927918 |
| ISBN |
9780815704362 (electronic book) |
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0815704364 (electronic book) |
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1282525670 |
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9781282525672 |
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0815704127 |
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9780815704126 |
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