Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series: Budgeting and ...

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Foreword
highlights frameworks to create incentive environments and pressures for
good governance from within and beyond governments. It outlines institutional
mechanisms to empower citizens to demand accountability for results
from their governments. It provides practical guidance on managing for
results and prudent fiscal management. It outlines approaches to dealing
with corruption and malfeasance. It provides conceptual and practical guidance
on alternative service delivery frameworks for extending the reach and
access of public services. The series also covers safeguards for the protection
of the poor, women, minorities, and other disadvantaged groups; ways of
strengthening institutional arrangements for voice and exit; methods of
evaluating public sector programs; frameworks for responsive and accountable
governance; and fiscal federalism and local governance.
This series will be of interest to public officials, development practitioners,
students of development, and those interested in public governance
in developing countries.
Frannie A. Léautier
Vice President
World Bank Institute