State-Society Synergy for Accountability : Lessons for the World Bank

The paper first surveys the literature on accountability and establishes a categorization of the different ways by which civil society can interact with the state in order to improve accountability. It then explores in detail seven case studies of...

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Main Author:	World Bank
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Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABUSES ABUSES OF POWER ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITING BENEFICIARIES BUREAUCRAT CITIZEN CITIZEN ADVISORY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION COLLABORATION CONSENSUS CONSUMERS CONVENTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION CONTROL CRIMINAL SANCTIONS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DECISIONMAKING DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY ELECTORAL PROCESS ENFORCEMENT OF LAW ETHICAL STANDARDS ETHICS GAMES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AGENCY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SERVICES GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS HORIZONTAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE LABOR UNIONS LEGAL ACTION LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURES MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MEDIA MOBILIZATION NATIONAL POLICIES PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PARTICIPATORY MONITORING PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY PLEBISCITES POLICY OUTCOMES POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS POOR PERFORMANCE POVERTY REDUCTION PRESIDENTS PRIORITIES PROCUREMENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC DUTIES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SPENDING PUNISHMENT RECONSTRUCTION REFERENDUM REFERENDUMS REFLECTION REPRESSION RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROCESSES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRUST SOCIAL WELFARE STATE AGENCIES STATE APPARATUS STATISTICAL METHODS VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS VOTING SYNERGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT BUDGET MANAGEMENT SCHOOL REFORM RURAL DEVELOPMENT ANTI CORRUPTION ISSUES GLOBALIZATION GOVERNANCE MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY REFORM
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spelling	okr-10986-149442021-04-23T14:03:12Z State-Society Synergy for Accountability : Lessons for the World Bank World Bank ABUSES ABUSES OF POWER ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITING BENEFICIARIES BUREAUCRAT CITIZEN CITIZEN ADVISORY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION COLLABORATION CONSENSUS CONSUMERS CONVENTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION CONTROL CRIMINAL SANCTIONS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DECISIONMAKING DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY ELECTORAL PROCESS ENFORCEMENT OF LAW ETHICAL STANDARDS ETHICS GAMES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AGENCY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SERVICES GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS HORIZONTAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE LABOR UNIONS LEGAL ACTION LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURES MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MEDIA MOBILIZATION NATIONAL POLICIES PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PARTICIPATORY MONITORING PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY PLEBISCITES POLICY OUTCOMES POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS POOR PERFORMANCE POVERTY REDUCTION PRESIDENTS PRIORITIES PROCUREMENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC DUTIES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SPENDING PUNISHMENT RECONSTRUCTION REFERENDUM REFERENDUMS REFLECTION REPRESSION RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROCESSES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRUST SOCIAL WELFARE STATE AGENCIES STATE APPARATUS STATISTICAL METHODS VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS VOTING SYNERGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY CIVIL SOCIETY BUDGET MANAGEMENT SCHOOL REFORM RURAL DEVELOPMENT DECENTRALIZATION ANTI CORRUPTION ISSUES GLOBALIZATION GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY REFORM The paper first surveys the literature on accountability and establishes a categorization of the different ways by which civil society can interact with the state in order to improve accountability. It then explores in detail seven case studies of successful experiences of state-society synergy for accountability. The studies draw from a wide range of different contexts (Brazil, India, Mexico, the United States) and from a variety of different areas of government activity (corruption control, environmental regulation, poverty reduction, election monitoring, infrastructure provision, school reform, police reform). The paper concludes with a series of conceptual and practical lessons for World Bank staff on how best to initiate, design, and implement successful pro-accountability mechanisms grounded in state-society synergy. Some of the most important lessons include the need to fully institutionalize participative mechanisms, to involve societal actors from the very beginning of the design stage of the process, to open up participation to a wide diversity of social and political actors, and to complement decentralization with centralized supervision. 2013-08-08T19:12:48Z 2013-08-08T19:12:48Z 2004-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/4971142/state-society-synergy-accountability-lessons-world-bank 0-8213-5831-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14944 English en_US World Bank Working Paper;No. 30 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic	ABUSES ABUSES OF POWER ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITING BENEFICIARIES BUREAUCRAT CITIZEN CITIZEN ADVISORY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION COLLABORATION CONSENSUS CONSUMERS CONVENTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION CONTROL CRIMINAL SANCTIONS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DECISIONMAKING DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY ELECTORAL PROCESS ENFORCEMENT OF LAW ETHICAL STANDARDS ETHICS GAMES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AGENCY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SERVICES GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS HORIZONTAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE LABOR UNIONS LEGAL ACTION LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURES MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MEDIA MOBILIZATION NATIONAL POLICIES PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PARTICIPATORY MONITORING PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY PLEBISCITES POLICY OUTCOMES POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS POOR PERFORMANCE POVERTY REDUCTION PRESIDENTS PRIORITIES PROCUREMENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC DUTIES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SPENDING PUNISHMENT RECONSTRUCTION REFERENDUM REFERENDUMS REFLECTION REPRESSION RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROCESSES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRUST SOCIAL WELFARE STATE AGENCIES STATE APPARATUS STATISTICAL METHODS VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS VOTING SYNERGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY CIVIL SOCIETY BUDGET MANAGEMENT SCHOOL REFORM RURAL DEVELOPMENT DECENTRALIZATION ANTI CORRUPTION ISSUES GLOBALIZATION GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY REFORM
spellingShingle	ABUSES ABUSES OF POWER ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITING BENEFICIARIES BUREAUCRAT CITIZEN CITIZEN ADVISORY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION COLLABORATION CONSENSUS CONSUMERS CONVENTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION CONTROL CRIMINAL SANCTIONS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DECISIONMAKING DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY ELECTORAL PROCESS ENFORCEMENT OF LAW ETHICAL STANDARDS ETHICS GAMES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AGENCY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SERVICES GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS HORIZONTAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE LABOR UNIONS LEGAL ACTION LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURES MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MEDIA MOBILIZATION NATIONAL POLICIES PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PARTICIPATORY MONITORING PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY PLEBISCITES POLICY OUTCOMES POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS POOR PERFORMANCE POVERTY REDUCTION PRESIDENTS PRIORITIES PROCUREMENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC DUTIES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SPENDING PUNISHMENT RECONSTRUCTION REFERENDUM REFERENDUMS REFLECTION REPRESSION RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROCESSES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRUST SOCIAL WELFARE STATE AGENCIES STATE APPARATUS STATISTICAL METHODS VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS VOTING SYNERGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY CIVIL SOCIETY BUDGET MANAGEMENT SCHOOL REFORM RURAL DEVELOPMENT DECENTRALIZATION ANTI CORRUPTION ISSUES GLOBALIZATION GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY REFORM World Bank State-Society Synergy for Accountability : Lessons for the World Bank
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description	The paper first surveys the literature on accountability and establishes a categorization of the different ways by which civil society can interact with the state in order to improve accountability. It then explores in detail seven case studies of successful experiences of state-society synergy for accountability. The studies draw from a wide range of different contexts (Brazil, India, Mexico, the United States) and from a variety of different areas of government activity (corruption control, environmental regulation, poverty reduction, election monitoring, infrastructure provision, school reform, police reform). The paper concludes with a series of conceptual and practical lessons for World Bank staff on how best to initiate, design, and implement successful pro-accountability mechanisms grounded in state-society synergy. Some of the most important lessons include the need to fully institutionalize participative mechanisms, to involve societal actors from the very beginning of the design stage of the process, to open up participation to a wide diversity of social and political actors, and to complement decentralization with centralized supervision.
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title	State-Society Synergy for Accountability : Lessons for the World Bank
title_short	State-Society Synergy for Accountability : Lessons for the World Bank
title_full	State-Society Synergy for Accountability : Lessons for the World Bank
title_fullStr	State-Society Synergy for Accountability : Lessons for the World Bank
title_full_unstemmed	State-Society Synergy for Accountability : Lessons for the World Bank
title_sort	state-society synergy for accountability : lessons for the world bank
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/4971142/state-society-synergy-accountability-lessons-world-bank http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14944
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State-Society Synergy for Accountability : Lessons for the World Bank

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