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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2004-04
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,
Online Access:	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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