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    Our money, our responsibility a citizens' guide to monitoring government expenditure

    International Budget Partnership, 2008
    The third in a series of guides covering financial budgeting and accountability, this paper offers an overview of government budget implementation processes and provides practical, tested tools that can be used by civil society organisations interested in monitoring government expenditures.
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    Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA - Africa)

    ANSA-Africa is a new network, jointly created by the World Bank and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa, to advocate citizen involvement in demand-side governance initiativ
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    Accountability in poverty reduction strategies: the role of empowerment and participation

    Social Development, World Bank, 2007
    This paper is part of a research project analysing the participation of stakeholders beyond the drafting process of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). A number of constraints impede meaningful participation in many countries. However, exceptions demonstrate that meaningful participation in PRS processes is possible.
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    Towards wellbeing in forest communities: a sourcebook for local government

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2008
    Local governments have an important role to play in enhancing the wellbeing of forest communities, yet often lack the capacity to understand and address local needs.
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    Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue

    JCPP seeks to address the growing need for an ongoing process of dialogue by conducting in-depth research on issues of critical national and regional interests, publishing studies and disseminating
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    Social protection in the Arab region: the challenging concept and the hard reality

    Social Watch, 2007
    According to current trends, future prospects in the Arab region appear to point towards less protection and further marginalisation of the unemployed, the abject poor, and workers in the informal sector. Such negative projections stem from the persistence of existing budgetary constraints on social security systems and inefficient public expenditure.
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    Practitioner’s guide: capacity building for democratic local governance

    MethodFinder, 2006
    Decentralisation has emerged as one of the key reforms for enhancing good governance, however governance capacity at the local level often remains weak. This manual intends to help development agencies build the capacity of local governance by improving upon local democracy, accountability, inclusiveness, and responsiveness.
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    Ambiguous institutions: traditional governance and local democracy in rural India

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
    ‘Customary village councils’ (CVCs) are widespread in rural India but are generally  believed to be disappearing institutions of a pre-democratic, hierarchical socio-political order. This paper questions this assumption by exploring the current role of that village councils play in Karnataka state.
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    Bolivia’s new constitution: avoiding violent confrontation

    International Crisis Group, 2007
    Bolivia is moving dangerously towards renewed violence as the government of President Evo Morales and his Movement toward Socialism (MAS) party seeks to embed sweeping state reforms in a new constitution. This paper provides a background to the proposed constitutional change, as well as the opposition to such changes and attempts to chart a path toward consensus.
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    The micro-dynamics of welfare state retrenchment and the implications for citizenship in Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2007
    In Africa, neoliberal reform has represented a major reduction in spending on the public provision of health and education services. This paper investigates two key questions through an examination of the micro-effects of the macro-policies associated with the current era of globalisation.

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