Title: Empowering the marginalized : case studies of social accountability initiatives in Asia

Authors: Sirker, Karen and Cosic, Sladjana

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: World bank institute (WBI)

Year: cop. 2007

Journal: WBI working papers

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, gender, local finance, budgeting, development policy, popular participation, accountability, local government, empowerment, guidelines, poverty alleviation, south east asia, south asia, asia

Abstract: Thirteen case studies of social accountability, including citizen participation in public policy making, participatory budgeting, participatory gender budget formulation and analysis, independent budget analysis, public expenditure tracking, citizen monitoring, and social audits.

URL: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/Resources/244362-1193949504055/4348035-1298566783395/7755386-1298566794345/7755368-1298566803301/40_Empowering.pdf

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