Social Accountability Around Emergency Operations

Social Accountability Around Emergency Operations

In December 2001, an unparalleled economic crisis unfolded, triggering high rates of unemployment and extreme poverty. Increases in informal and precarious employment, such as sub-standard jobs with low wages, reduced earnings in many households. GDP fell by 20 percent in the last four years and by nearly 11 percent in 2002 alone. Per capita income at the end of 2002 stood at an estimated US$2,695, down from over US$8,000 in the 1997/98 period. The social cost of these figures has been enormous- poverty rose to a zenith of 58 percent in 2002, with indigence levels affecting 28 percent of the population, or approximately 9 million people. As a result, access to basic public health and education services has been severely impacted, while purchasing power has decreased dramatically.

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Main Authors: Cesilini, Sandra, John-Abraham, Indu, Martin, Lisandro
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2004-02
Subjects:ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS, AUDITING, AUTHORITY, BENEFICIARIES, BEST PRACTICES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY CAPACITY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COALITIONS, COMPLAINTS, CONSENSUS, CRISES, DATA COLLECTION, DECISION MAKING, DECISION-MAKING, DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, EXECUTION, EXTREME POVERTY, FIGURES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, INTERVIEWS, MEDIA, MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, PARTICIPATORY PROCESS, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLITICAL AGENDA, PREPARATION, PRIORITIES, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC RESOURCES, REPRESENTATIVES, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, SOCIAL CONTROL, SOCIAL COST, SOCIAL PROGRAM, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL SAFETY, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL UNREST, STAKEHOLDERS, TRANSPARENCY UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY, HOUSEHOLDS ECONOMIC ASPECTS, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION DELIVERY, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NUTRITION & HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL ACCOUNTING, INFRASTRUCTURE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/4298684/social-accountability-around-emergency-operations
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10366
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Summary:In December 2001, an unparalleled economic crisis unfolded, triggering high rates of unemployment and extreme poverty. Increases in informal and precarious employment, such as sub-standard jobs with low wages, reduced earnings in many households. GDP fell by 20 percent in the last four years and by nearly 11 percent in 2002 alone. Per capita income at the end of 2002 stood at an estimated US$2,695, down from over US$8,000 in the 1997/98 period. The social cost of these figures has been enormous- poverty rose to a zenith of 58 percent in 2002, with indigence levels affecting 28 percent of the population, or approximately 9 million people. As a result, access to basic public health and education services has been severely impacted, while purchasing power has decreased dramatically.

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