improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations /
First Statement of Responsibility
Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, and Charles C. Griffin
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Washington, DC :
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Brookings Institution Press,
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c2010
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xiii, 118 p. :
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ill. ;
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23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-108) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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
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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
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Improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civil society-- Developing countries
Government accountability-- Developing countries
Non-governmental organizations-- Developing countries