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Public Sector Accountability

  • 1.  Public Sector Accountability

    Posted 04-24-2006 07:01
    ANNOUNCING THE PUBLICATION OF

    AccountAbility Forum Issue 7

    A SPECIAL ISSUE ON "PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY"

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    PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY

    Previous issues of the journal have focused on the accountability of
    private and non-governmental organisations, as well as that of
    partnerships. This issue covers the remaining sector in analysing the
    ways in which public sector bodies, from intergovernmental
    organisations such as the World Bank, through to local governments, are
    addressing the issue of accountability to their most immediate
    stakeholders: citizen

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    * Editor’s Note
    Peter Raynard

    * Accountability at the Multilateral Development Banks: Blending of
    Public and Private Standards
    Richard E. Bissell, National Academy of Sciences, USA

    * Sustainability Reporting by the Public Sector: Momentum Changes in
    the Practice, Uptake and Form of Reporting by Public Agencies
    Robyn Leeson and Joanna Ivers, Centre for Public Agency Reporting,
    Australia

    * Transparency and Integrity in Government in the Electronic Environment
    Anne Thurston, International Records Management Trust, UK

    * Accountability and Non-financial Reporting of French State-Owned
    Companies
    Stan Duprés, Utopies, France

    * Parliament, Accountability and Foreign Policy in the UK
    Claire Wren, One World Trust, UK

    * Transparency and Participation as Foundations for Social Democratic
    Governance: An Overview of the Modern Brazilian Experience
    Professor Caio Marini, Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil

    * The Myth of Making Accountable
    Michael W. Dowdle, independent researcher and author

    * AccountAbility News and Publications

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