DAC Guidelines and Reference Series : Orientations and Principles for Development.

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• Publisher: OECD Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 142
• Series: DAC guidelines and reference series.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The ability of citizens to demand accountability and more open government is fundamental to good governance. There is growing recognition of the need for new approaches to the ways in which donors support accountability, but no broad agreement on what changed practice looks like. This publication aims to provide more clarity on the emerging practice. Based on four country studies Mali, Mozambique, Peru and Uganda, a survey of donor innovations and cutting-edge analysis in this field, and the findings of a series of special high-level international dialogues on how to best support accountabilit.  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Acronyms and abbreviations
Executive summary
Part I --
Orientations on development co-operation, accountability and democratic gover
Chapter 1. The role of accountability in promoting good governance
Introduction
What is the role of development co-operation in domestic accountability?
Notes
References
Chapter 2. Considering the political dimension, getting traction and achieving results
Instruments and approaches to support domestic accountability: What can be improved?
The need to understand the local political economy. Imposing "best practices" on developing country contextsReferences
Chapter 3. Taking a systems-wide approach to accountability in developing countries
Towards a systems-wide approach
Implications of systems-wide approaches for policy and practice
References
Chapter 4. Ensuring development co-operation helps rather than hinders accountability
How to avoid skewing accountability in developing countries?
The links between aid and taxation in strengthening citizen-state relations
Ensuring effective aid delivery
Managing risk and achieving results
Note
References. Chapter 5. Conclusions and strategic orientations to improve support to accountabilityBase support on realism and a political economy analysis
Take a systems approach to programme design
Monitor and evaluate risks and results
Part II --
Principles for assistance to accountability actors and institutions: Elections, political parties, the media, parliament and revenue matters
Chapter 6. Introduction to principles for assistance to accountability
Chapter 7. Principles for international electoral assistance
Preamble
Principles for international electoral assistance. Draft action plan for further elaborating the principlesChapter 8. Principles for political party assistance
Roles of political parties in democracy and development
Common shortcomings of political parties
The party aid domain
Principles for political party assistance
Reference
Chapter 9. Principles for media assistance
Context
Media and accountability in the democratic public sphere
The media, domestic accountability, and the role of development assistance
Evidence
Challenges
Strategic principles for media assistance
Notes
References. Chapter 10. Principles for parliamentary assistanceParliaments and domestic accountability
Traditional international assistance to parliaments
The next phase of support to parliaments
Principles for parliamentary assistance
References
Chapter 11. Principles for supporting developing countries in revenue matters
Preamble
The principles for international engagement in revenue matters
Note
References
Annex A --
Recommendations from case studies in Mali, Mozambique, Peru and Uganda
Insights from Mali: Improving accountability support to education and decentralisation.

✦ Subjects

Democracy -- Economic aspects -- United States;Finance -- United States;Government accountability -- United States;Liability (Law) -- United States;Government -- U S;Law, Politics & Government;Political Institutions & Public Administration -- U S , General