TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Ferranti,David M.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - How to improve governance: a new framework for analysis and action 
AV  - JF1351 .H685 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution Press
KW  - Government accountability
KW  - Transparency in government
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: The challenge -- Introduction -- Do transparency, accountability, governance, and corruption matter? -- Part II: The response -- Overview -- Principals and agents -- Interest group dynamics -- Signals and actions -- Political  systems -- Interventions -- Part III: Operationalizing the framework -- Application at country level -- Appendixes: Country case studies -- A. Transparency and accountability in Ghana's budget process / Vitus Azeem -- B. Transparency and accountability in Kenya's budget process / Gilbert Khadiagala -- C. Transparency and accountability in Peru's budget process / Cecilia Zavallos -- D. Transparency and accountability in Mexico's budget process / Juan Pardinas -- E. Transparency and accountability in Thailand's budget process / Bjoern Dressel -- F. Four composite country cases of attempted governance reform; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "Emphasizes the need for a comprehensive analytical framework that considers transparency, accountability, governance, and corruption throughout the calculus. Discusses how it can be applied to different countries to help analyze the current situation and identify potential areas for improvement, assessing their relative feasibility and the steps needed to promote them"--Provided by publisher
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