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From the ground up : improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations / Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, and Charles C. Griffin.

Author/creator Kosack, Stephen, 1978-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Results for Development Institute : Brookings Institution Press,
Descriptionxiii, 118 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from UPCC Books Political Science and Policy Studies 2010 Subject Collection
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Other author/creatorTolmie, Courtney.
Other author/creatorGriffin, Charles C., 1951-
Other author/creatorBrookings Institution.
Other author/creatorResults for Development Institute.
Other author/creatorTransparency and Accountability Program.
Portion of title Improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations
Contents Improving governance from the ground up -- Gather the budget data -- Follow the money -- Examine the spending -- Recommend solutions -- Disseminate and advocate -- Possibilities and lessons of independent monitoring.
Abstract Begining in 2007, the Transparency and Accountability Project of the Brookings Institution and the Results for Development Institute sponsored 16 "independent monitoring agencies" that "undertook expenditure- or performance- monitoring projects in health and education" in Africa, East and South Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. This book is a compilation of those organizations' findings -- x-xi
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 105-108) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Issuing body"The Transparency and Accountability Project was initiated at the Brookings Institution in collaboration with the Results for Development Institute, where it is now permanently located and known as the Transparency and Accountability Program."--T.p. verso.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009049036
ISBN9780815704126 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0815704127 (pbk. : alk. paper)