Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Improving governance from the ground up | p. 1 |
Organization of the book | p. 5 |
The 16 independent monitoring organizations | p. 7 |
Support from the Transparency and Accountability Project | p. 8 |
Note | p. 13 |
Gather the budget data | p. 14 |
Integrated Social Development Centre, Ghana | p. 15 |
El Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico, Peru | p. 17 |
Bandung Institute of Governance Studies, Indonesia | p. 19 |
Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, India | p. 21 |
Institute for Urban Economics, Russian Federation | p. 22 |
Conclusion | p. 26 |
Notes | p. 27 |
Follow the money | p. 28 |
El Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico, Peru | p. 29 |
Pusat Telaah dan Informasi Regional, Indonesia | p. 37 |
Institute of Policy Analysis and Research, Kenya | p. 41 |
Institute for Development and Social Initiatives, Moldova | p. 45 |
Conclusion | p. 46 |
Notes | p. 47 |
Examine the spending | p. 50 |
Center for Democratic Development, Ghana | p. 51 |
Centra de Implementación de Políticas Públicas Para el Equidad y el Crecimiento, Argentina | p. 55 |
Institute of Policy Analysis and Research, Kenya | p. 61 |
El Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Nacionales, Guatemala | p. 64 |
Gdansk Institute of Market Economics, Poland | p. 69 |
Conclusion | p. 71 |
Notes | p. 73 |
Recommend solutions | p. 77 |
Center for Democratic Development, Ghana | p. 78 |
Center for Democratic Development, Ghana | p. 78 |
Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas Para el Equidad y el Crecimiento, Argentina | p. 79 |
Societatea Academica din Romania, Romania | p. 81 |
Indo-Dutch Project Management Society, India | p. 83 |
Conclusion | p. 84 |
Notes | p. 85 |
Disseminate and advocate | p. 86 |
Center for Democratic Development, Ghana | p. 87 |
El Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Nacionales, Guatemala | p. 88 |
Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, India | p. 89 |
Centro de Análisis y Difusión de la Economia Paraguaya, Paraguay | p. 91 |
Gdansk Institute of Market Economics, Poland | p. 92 |
2A Consortium, Albania | p. 94 |
Conclusion | p. 95 |
Notes | p. 96 |
Possibilities and lessons of independent monitoring | p. 98 |
Lessons about independent monitoring organizations—from each step and the process as a whole | p. 99 |
The future of monitoring governments | p. 103 |
References | p. 105 |
Index | p. 109 |
Figures | |
Map of resource flows to healthcare facilities in Peru | p. 19 |
Rates of teacher absenteeism during the week of fieldwork in select Ghanaian public primary schools, 2008 | p. 53 |
Class time lost due to teacher absenteeism in 31 schools in Florencio Varela and San Martín, Argentina, 2007 | p. 57 |
Delays in delivery of meals, milk, textbooks, and school supplies for students in the Department of Guatemala, 2008 | p. 68 |
Tables | |
Key differences between external and internal accountability | p. 3 |
Independent monitoring organizations supported by the Transparency and Accountability Project | p. 9 |
Actual expenditure as a share of planned expenditure for health in three regions of Ghana, 2002–06 (percent) | p. 16 |
Actual expenditure as share of planned expenditure for education in three regions of Ghana, 2002–06(Percent) | p. 17 |
Government spending on health and education in the Russian Federation, Chuvash Republic, and Kaliningrad Region, 2004–06 | p. 24 |
Pharmaceutical shortages in 14 health facilities in Metropolitan Lima, Peru, 2008 | p. 33 |
Supply shortages in 14 health facilities in Metropolitan Lima, Peru, 2008 | p. 33 |
Comparison of responses from the health network and 12 health facilities in Metropolitan Lima, Peru, about pharmaceuticals provided under the National Health Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis, 2008 | p. 34 |
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