UID:
almafu_9958124481002883
Format:
xxxiv, 254 pages :
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illustrations, map ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-16895-1
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9786610168958
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0-8213-6143-0
Series Statement:
Public sector, governance, and accountability series
Content:
Accountability of government to citizens-the idea that the public sector must answer to the people for its performance-is the foundation for good governance. Under good governance, public expenditures are allocated to maximize welfare, revenues are collected efficiently, and the public at large has access to a number of public services including water and sanitation, infrastructure, education and health. Unfortunately in many developing countries, the people suffer the results of dysfunctional governance systems that fail to provide even minimal levels of vital public services. This happens be
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction to the Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Overview; 1 Budgeting Institutions and Public Spending; 2 Performance-Based Budgeting Reform: Progress, Problems, and Pointers; FIGURES; TABLES; 3 Simple Tools for Evaluating Revenue Performance in a Developing Country; 4 Evaluating Public Expenditures: Does It Matter How They Are Financed?; 5 Guidelines for Public Debt Management; BOXES; 6 Looking Beyond the Budget Deficit; 7 Addressing Contingent Liabilities and Fiscal Risk
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8 On Measuring the Net Worth of a Government9 On Getting the Giant to Kneel: Approaches to a Change in the Bureaucratic Culture; 10 A Framework for Evaluating Institutions of Accountability; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6142-2
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-6142-9
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