Format:
1 online resource (450 pages)
ISBN:
9780821369425
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0821369415
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0821369423
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9780821369418
Content:
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.
Content:
Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Overview -- Part I Ensuring Integrity and Improving the Efficiency of Public Management -- 1. Performance-Based Accountability -- Central Place of Accountability in Governing -- The Shift to Performance-Based Accountability -- A Strategy for Change -- Barriers and Perverse Consequences -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 2. Efficiency, Integrity, and Capacity: An Expanded Agenda for Public Management? -- Generating Commitment to Public Management Reform -- Creating the Conditions for Public Management Reform -- How Should Reforms Be Introduced and Sequenced? -- Conclusion: Embedding Reforms -- Notes -- References -- 3. Can E-Government Make Public Governance More Accountable? -- Accountability in Public Governance -- E-Government as a Comprehensive Concept of Modernization -- Fostering E-Government and Accountability -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 4. Networks and Collaborative Solutions to Performance Measurement and Improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Need for a Systems Approach to Community Improvement -- From Government to Governance: Networks and Collaborative Solutions -- Goals and Performance Targets -- Performance-Based Budgeting -- Tools for Engaging Citizens and Respecting Public Values -- Improving Government Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Redefining Performance through Collaborative Networks -- Notes -- References -- Part II Strengthening Oversight and Combating Corruption -- 5. The Role of Political Institutions in Promoting Accountability -- Key Concepts in Accountability Systems -- Institutions: Functions, Pitfalls, and Innovative Remedies -- Key Trends Affecting Efforts to Improve Accountability Systems -- Diagnosing Accountability Failures in Political Institutions -- Notes -- References.
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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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821369418
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821369418
Language:
English
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