The State of Accountability in the Global South : challenges and Responses /: challenges and Responses. ([2022])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sylvia I. Bergh, Sony Pellissery, C. Sathyamala.
• Contents: Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- public accountability in the Global South: approaches and practices -- PART I Social accountability in the Global South -- 1. Enhancing citizen voices in service delivery in India: the role of social accountability tools -- 2. Social accountability initiatives in Egypt: unlocking the 'black box' of contextual factors -- 3. Governance in translation: participatory budgeting across the developing world 4. Making the most of tech moments in accountable governance: identifying suitable entry points, actors and contexts -- 5. Civil society and state accountability: holding the state accountable in the context of shrinking civic space in Kenya -- 6. Right to public services: reconceptualizing the path to (social) accountability in India -- PART II Accountability politics from the 'supply side' perspective -- 7. Frameworks of accountability in healthcare -- 8. Holding the Ugandan police to account: case study of the Police Accountability and Reform Project 9. The Office of Auditor General Zambia: becoming a professional audit office that empowers the public -- 10. Accountable to whom? Basic service delivery in India's urban-development programmes -- 11. Neoliberal reforms and public accountability in the Western Balkans -- 12. Conclusion: main findings and future challenges to public accountability -- Index
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 270 pages)
• Subjects: 352.35091724; Government accountability -- Developing countries; Economic development -- Developing countries; Economic development; Government accountability; Developing countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789907513; 1789907519
• Related ISBNs: 1789907500; 9781789907506
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 9, 2022).
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