Holding the State to Account

Holding the State to Account
Author: Samuel Paul
Publisher: Public Affairs Centre
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2002
Genre: Administrative agencies
ISBN: 9788187380702

On the status of human and municipal services and evaluation of administrative agencies in Bangalore; study done through Public Affairs Centre.

State of India's Cities

State of India's Cities
Author: Kala Seetharam Sridhar
Publisher: Public Affairs Centre
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2012
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN: 8188816175

A Life and Its Lessons

A Life and Its Lessons
Author: Samuel Paul
Publisher: Public Affairs Centre
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2012
Genre: Educators
ISBN: 8188816140

Memoirs of an Indian educationist and social activist.

Developing Country Perspectives on Public Service Delivery

Developing Country Perspectives on Public Service Delivery
Author: Anjula Gurtoo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8132221605

The book examines the status of public service in developing countries, in the sectors of health, infrastructure, labour and marginalized populations, rural economy and public administration. The last decade has witnessed significant government focus on service delivery in developing nations like South Africa, Philippines, India and Malaysia. At the forefront of this movement has been the public sector reforms significantly driven by two broad factors: public sector inefficiencies and liberal economic ideology. This move towards efficient public service delivery in developing nations (versus developed nations) has required a significant shift in institutional thinking and institutional capacity for the governments. It is therefore no surprise that while economic liberalization has been relatively easy to implement, governance reforms towards public service delivery has been significantly more challenging. In this background, the chapters of the book, with sector themes, examine the three basic foundations of public policy—courses of action, regulatory measures and issues, and funding structures and priorities—in public service delivery. The book is a multi country, multi sector, perspective since it includes studies from Russian Federation, India, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Fiji, South Africa, Columbia, Philippines, Macedonia and India. This perspective lends itself to the investigation for a comprehensive overall development model.

Auditing for Social Change

Auditing for Social Change
Author: United Nations. Division for Public Administration and Development Management
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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. The present 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.