| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 201 pages) : illustrations |
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Auditing for social change in the context of the millennium development goals / M. Adil Khan and Esther Stern -- The role of civil society organizations in auditing and public finance management / Warren Krafchik -- Audit and legislative oversight : developing country perspective / Vinod Sahgal -- Auditing for social change : learning from civil society initiatives / Samuel Paul -- Media and audit : strengthening peoples' right to public resource management / Mahfuz Anam -- On fulfilling the accountability purpose of audit and evaluaiton : integrating politics and public involvement / Eleanor Chelimsky -- Proceedings -- Suggested reading -- Internet resources -- Contributors |
| Summary |
The United Nations has identified the need for enhanced partnerships between the public sector, private sector and civil society as an essential ingredient in the attainment of growth and sustainable economic development. This publication explores how the audit process can be made more open and participatory and how audit can be used as a tool for citizen empowerment to hold the government to account.--Publisher's description |
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Public sector -- Accountability -- Popular participation -- Congresses |
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Government auditing -- Popular participation -- Congresses |
| Notes |
At head of title: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Public Administration and Development Management |
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"Publicaiton based on Expert Group Meeting/Capacity Development Workshop: Auditing for Social Change, 6th Global Forum on Reinventing Government: Towards Participatory and Transparent Governance, 26-27 May 2005, Seoul, Republic of Korea." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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"ST/ESA/PAD/SSER. E/75." |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Public administration -- Evaluation -- Citizen participation
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Administrative agencies -- Auditing -- Citizen participation
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Social change -- Citizen participation
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Executive Branch.
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Social change -- Citizen participation.
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Administração pública (avaliação)
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Participação comunitária.
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Mudança social.
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Setor público.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
United Nations. Division for Public Administration and Development Management.
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Global Forum on Reinventing Government (6th : 2005 : Seoul, Republic of Korea)
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| ISBN |
9781429497961 |
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1429497963 |
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