From the Ground Up: Improving Government Performance with Independent Monitoring Organizations

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The Transparency and Accountability Project was initiated at the Brookings Institution in collaboration with the Results for Development Institute, where it is now permanently located and known as the Transparency and Accountability Program. Copyright © 2010 Results For Development Institute 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1210 Washington, DC 20009 www.resultsfordevelopment.org and The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 www.brookings.edu From the Ground Up: Improving Government Performance with Independent Monitoring Organizations may be ordered from: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS c/o HFS, P.O. Box 50370, Baltimore, MD 21211-4370 Tel.: 1-800-537-5487 or 410-516-6956; Fax: 410-516-6998; www.brookings.edu All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Brookings Institution Press. The views expressed in this volume are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the board of directors or funders of the Results for Development Institute or the Brookings Institution. ISBN: 978-0-8157-0412-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Kosack, Stephen. From the ground up : improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations / Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, Charles Griffin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8157-0412-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Government accountability—Developing countries. 2. Transparency in government—Developing countries. 3. Civil society—Developing countries. 4. Non-governmental organizations—Developing countries. I. Tolmie, Courtney. II. Griffin, Charles C., 1951–. III. Title. JF60.K665 2010 352.8'8—dc22 2009049036 Editing and typesetting by Communications Development Incorporated, Washington, DC. Printed by R.R. Donnelley, Harrisonburg, Virginia. ...