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BL
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700920
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b523109
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Kosack, Stephen,1978-
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| Title & Author
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From the ground up : : improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations /\ Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, and Charles C. Griffin
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, DC :: Results for Development Institute :: Brookings Institution Press,, c2010
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xiii, 118 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0815704127 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780815704126 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-108) and index
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| Contents
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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Improving governance from the ground up -- Chapter 2. Gather the budget data -- Chapter 3. Follow the money -- Chapter 4. Examine the spending -- Chapter 5. Recommend solutions -- Chapter 6. Disseminate and advocate -- Chapter 7. Possibilities and lessons of independent monitoring -- References -- Index
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| Abstract
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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
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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
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Civil society-- Developing countries
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Government accountability-- Developing countries
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Non-governmental organizations-- Developing countries
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Transparency in government-- Developing countries
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352.8/8
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JF60.K665 2010
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Griffin, Charles C.,1951-
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Tolmie, Courtney
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Brookings Institution
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Results for Development Institute
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Transparency and Accountability Program
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| Parallel Title
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Improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations
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