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Cole, M. S. "Quasi-government : the issue of accountability." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491911.
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Dodlova, Marina. "Political Accountability and Organization of Government." Thesis, Paris 10, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA100149.
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La bureaucratie joue un rôle-clé dans l'arène politique. Le pouvoir de l'administration publique a néanmoins souvent été sous-estimé, tandis que sa structure comme sa croissance constante restent mal compris. Cette thèse est consacrée à l'étude approfondie des principales caractéristiques de l'administration publique et plus particulièrement à son avantage informationnel dans la prise de décisions politiques. Dans une perspective normative, la thèse explore les questions de délégation dans une hiérarchie à trois niveaux, et de répartition de rente informationnelle en 'common agency' avec plusieurs mandataires politiques. Ceci me permet d'entrevoir ce que renferme la boîte noire de la structure organisationnelle composite du gouvernement. D'un point de vue positif, l'approche comparative me permet d'analyser et d'expliquer la croissance des administrations publiques dans les démocraties sur le plan de l'emploi de fonctionnaires d'ÉtatBureaucracy is a key player in political game. However, its power has been often underestimated as well as the questions of its structure and constant growth remain not properly understood. This thesis represents a detailed study of the major features of the government bureaucracy by focusing on its information leverage in policy making. Normatively, the thesis explores the issues of delegation in a three-tier hierarchy and information rent distribution in common agency with several political principals, and thus contributes to opening a black box of the composite organizational structure of government. Positively, the comparative approach helps to explain the growth of government bureaucracies in democracies in terms of government administration employment
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Keeler, Rebecca L. "Democratic Accountability for Outsourced Government Services." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/654.
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Sibanda, Desire Mutize. "Financial accountability in the Government of Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364916.
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Pöschl, Caroline. "Local government taxation and accountability in Mexico." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2015. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3680/.
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The taxation-accountability theory broadly states that if governments are dependent on taxation, they will become less corrupt and more accountable to citizens. The need to raise tax revenue is said to spark incentives that lead to mutually beneficial bargaining between government and citizens. Citizens agree to make tax payments in return for more accountable governance and increased influence in government decision-making. Several scholars have shown empirical evidence in support of this taxationaccountability theory at the national level, yet few have studied it at the local government level. This paper explores this theory in the context of Mexican municipal governments using a mixed methods research approach. It first surveys the relationship between taxation and accountability using econometric analysis and then employs a comparative case study of six urban municipalities that are under considerable pressure to raise their tax revenue. The latter is based on several months of field research conducted in the states of Guerrero, Tabasco, Baja California Sur, Aguascalientes, Yucatán and Coahuila. It reveals the processes that evolve from revenue pressure, whether they lead to tax bargaining, and the extent to which greater accountability can be expected as a result. The findings provide some evidence of tax bargaining and positive correlations between the importance of taxation in a government’s budget and accountability. However, the causal link to greater accountability is not straightforward and is greatly hindered by the institutional framework surrounding local government. While implicit agreements between government and citizens showed that equilibrium between taxation and accountability was consistently maintained, restrictions on local power and other institutional factors stood in the way of increased local taxation sparking greater local accountability. These factors may be remedied by reform.
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Ho, Ah-ying Rose. "The accountability system for senior officials in HKSAR." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31967188.
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Hoffman, Barak Daniel. "Political accountability at the local level in Tanzania." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3229904.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed October 11, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232).
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Akbar, Rusdi. "Performance measurement and accountability in Indonesian Local Government." Thesis, Curtin University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1910.
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Performance measurement and accountability in the management of public sector programs have long been seen as central factors in public management research globally. For more than two decades, in many developed countries, heightened interest in performance measurement in government organisations has held tremendous promise for both academics and practitioners.Despite the global trend, there has been little research on performance measurement and accountability in Indonesia. This paucity exists even though regulations have been in existence for more than a decade requiring government organisations to prepare and submit an 'accountability of performance report‘ as a crucial component of Indonesia‘s public sector reform. This thesis investigates the implementation of performance measurement systems in Indonesia during the first wave of public sector reform. Specifically, it examines factors affecting the development and use of performance indicators in Indonesian local government (ILG).Employing a mixed research methodology, the thesis utilises a combination of a nation-wide survey and follow-up in-depth interviews with local government senior officials who are responsible for preparing performance reports. Specifically, the study explores the experiences and perceptions of government officials regarding the development and use of performance indicators and accountability practices in Indonesian local governments. The research findings contribute not only to the academic literature but also to practical public policy. The results indicate that metric difficulties, technical knowledge, management commitment, legislative requirement, and organisational capacity all have an effect on the development and use of performance indicators and accountability practices in ILG. Legislative requirement and management commitment have the strongest influence.The more contextual reasons and motivations behind the implementation process were also investigated and are illustrated in this thesis. For this purpose, institutional theory was used as the theoretical framework to better explain and understand the issues. The findings revealed that institutional isomorphism did contribute to the process of decision making. All three institutional components of isomorphism-coercive, mimetic and normative pressures-were found in ILG with coercive pressure found to be the strongest influence.The findings of this research have academic implications for scholars in public sector management and practical implications for many different parties, namely: 1) central government; 2) local government; 3) government auditors; and 4) universities. The findings provide an overview of performance measurement and accountability practices in a local government context. Specifically, this thesis provides important evidence regarding factors influencing the development and use of performance indicators, as well as factors hindering the implementation of performance measurement systems. In addition, it reveals the influence of isomorphic pressures in the implementation of performance measurement systems in Indonesia.Results revealed in the thesis are useful in evaluating the success or failure of the past implementation process. More importantly, the findings will be essential in helping to determine current and future policies and to ensure their continued success. This thesis provides analyses on the results of a decade of reform efforts in the area of public sector performance measurement and accountability in Indonesian local governments. With the recently-launched bureaucratic reform marking the second wave of reform (2010-2025) to improve Indonesian government, a reform effort that includes for the first time the vice-president‘s office, research into performance measurement and accountability practices in the first wave of reform (1999-2009) is especially timely.In summary, the significant contributions this thesis makes to performance measurement and accountability literature are threefold. Theoretically it provides a relevant exemplar regarding the application of institutional theory on performance measurement research in a developing country. Methodologically it contributes to the increasing use of mixed-method research. Analytically it provides evidence of the use of partial least squares as a relevant analytical tool. Further, this thesis paves the way for future research in the relatively unexamined area of public sector performance measurement and accountability in Indonesia.
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Yuen, Sau Ming. "The accountability in HKSAR Government before and after the implementation of Principal Official Accountability System." access abstract and table of contents access full-text, 2008. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ezdb/dissert.pl?ma-sa-b22723304a.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2008."A dissertation undertaken in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong." Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Sept. 24, 2008) Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-76)
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Koo, Ming-chu Pearl, and 古明珠. "A study of political accountability in the HKSAR government." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31966536.
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Koo, Ming-chu Pearl. "A study of political accountability in the HKSAR government." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23295399.
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Kakumba, Umar. "External control systems in the enhancement of accountability in local government the case of Uganda /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04272009-100708/.
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Ho, Ah-ying Rose, and 何亞英. "The accountability system for senior officials in HKSAR." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31967188.
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Du, Plessis Johannes Petrus. "Improving local-level government accountability - a study of the government's accountability within the land use planning and development context in the Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4312.
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Thesis (MPhil (Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis considers the veracity, within the land use planning and development context in the Western Cape, of the claim that South Africa has a constitution that gave us accountable government. The study necessitates consideration of the meaning of terms such as accountability and sustainable planning and development. There is a dearth of South African literature on government accountability. The main focus of the literature from abroad is on elections as a mechanism for achieving government accountability, to the exclusion of other issues and with a distinct disregard for legal questions. Much of the available overseas literature draws on the descriptive models of how democratic accountability should work. The writers seemingly have little interest in moving beyond the descriptive. The available body of literature is static in nature as little theoretical development in the field of government accountability has taken place for decades. This thesis argues that, as a result, the literature from abroad on accountability is of limited value in South African context. Accountability has an important role to play in curbing the abuse of public power and for maintaining conditions of peace and stability. Central concerns with the study are to assess the current measure of government accountability within the stated context and to establish whether the existing system for achieving effective government accountability is adequate. The research commences with thorough literature and law reviews, supplemented by the development of a questionnaire on accountability in the land use planning and development field. The assessment of the current measure of government accountability in the context of land use planning and development is supplemented by the views of people active in that field. Those views are pieced together from the results obtained from questionnaires and personal observations. The findings are that government is presently not regarded as accountable in the field of study. This thesis demonstrates how difficult it is to achieve effective government accountability - in particular, towards the local population - and how ineffective the current accountability mechanisms are for this purpose. It argues that the challenges facing South Africans in this regard are complex and that everyone is required to accept responsibility as the actual agents of accountability, to make accountability work as a personal concern and a matter of individual responsibility. This thesis reflects on the need for new accountability mechanisms and calls for a radical reform of the current approach to government accountability. It inter alia recommends that the reform should involve the establishment of a new structure empowered to enquire into the merits of decisions taken by public authorities. On the basis of this discussion, the thesis concludes by advocating specific steps required to improve government accountability at the local-level within land use planning and development context.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis oorweeg die geldigheid, binne die konteks van grondgebruik beplanning en ontwikkeling in die Wes-Kaap, van die aanspraak dat Suid-Afrika 'n grondwet het wat vir ons 'n verantwoordbare regering gegee het. Dit noodsaak oorweging van die betekenis van uitdrukkings soos verantwoordbaarheid en volhoubare beplanning en ontwikkeling. Bykans doodse stilte heers oor regeringsverantwoordbaarheid in die Suid-Afrikaanse literatuur. In buitelandse literatuur val die klem hoofsaaklik op verkiesings as meganisme om regeringsverantwoordbaarheid te bewerkstellig, met uitsluiting van ander kwessies en 'n besliste verontagsaming van regsvrae. Baie van die beskikbare oorsese literatuur steun op die beskrywende benadering van hoe demokratiese verantwoordbaarheid behoort te werk. Die skrywers het oënskynlik min belang daarin om meer as beskrywend te wees. Die beskikbare literatuur is staties van aard aangesien vir dekades min teoretiese ontwikkeling op die gebied van regeringsverantwoordbaarheid plaasgevind het. Hierdie tesis argumenteer dat, ten gevolge, die buitelandse literatuur oor verantwoordbaarheid van beperkte waarde is in Suid-Afrikaanse konteks. Verantwoordbaarheid het 'n belangrike rol om te vervul in die beperking van misbruik van openbare mag en vir die instandhouding van toestande vir vrede en stabiliteit. Sentraal tot hierdie studie staan pogings om te bepaal wat die huidige stand van regeringsverantwoordbaarheid is binne die vermelde konteks en om vas te stel of die bestaande stelsel vir bereiking van verantwoordbare regering voldoende is. Die navorsing begin met deeglike literatuur en regsresensies, aangevul deur die ontwikkeling van ‘n vraeboog oor verantwoordbaarheid in die veld van grondgebruik beplanning en ontwikkeling. Die huidige stand van regeringsverantwoordbaarheid binne die konteks van grondgebruik beplanning en ontwikkeling is aangevul deur die sienings van persone wat aktief is in daardie veld. Daardie sienings is saamgestel vanuit resultate wat bekom is uit vraeboë en eie waarnemings. Die bevindinge is dat die regering in die algemeen tans nie as verantwoordbaar beskou word nie. Hierdie tesis toon aan hoe moeilik dit is om effektiewe verantwoordbaarheid van die regering te bereik - in die besonder teenoor die plaaslike bevolking - en hoe ontoereikend die huidige meganismes vir hierdie doel is. Dit argumenteer dat die uitdagings wat Suid-Afrika in hierdie verband in die gesig staar, kompleks is en dat van elkeen verwag word om verantwoordelikheid te aanvaar as die werklike agente van verantwoordbaarheid om verantwoordbaarheid as 'n persoonlike aangeleentheid en 'n saak van individuele verantwoordelikheid te laat werk. Hierdie tesis besin oor die behoefte aan nuwe verantwoordbaarheidsmeganismes en bepleit 'n radikale hervorming van die huidige benadering tot verantwoordbaarheid van die regering. Dit word onder andere aanbeveel dat as deel van hervorming 'n nuwe struktuur voorsien moet word wat gemagtig sal wees om ondersoek in te stel na die meriete van die besluite wat deur die publieke owerhede geneem is. Op grond van hierdie bespreking eindig die tesis deur voorspraak te maak vir bepaalde stappe wat nodig is om die regering se verantwoordbaarheid op die plaaslike vlak te verbeter binne die konteks van grondgebruik beplanning en ontwikkeling.
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Russell, Shona Louise. "Exploring the government of and accountability for water in Scotland." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488626.
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陳美嘉 and Monica Chen. "The accountability of the HKSAR government: issues, developments and prospects." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31966767.
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Rose, Aidan Grahame. "The ethical accountability of the elected member in local government." Thesis, Teesside University, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.280616.
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Chen, Monica. "The accountability of the HKSAR government : issues, developments and prospects /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25139708.
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Guile, Andrea Mia Saturno. "A study of accountability and open government in Hong Kong." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14034736.
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Mucciarone, Maria Anna. "Accountability and performance measurement in Australian and Malaysian government departments." Thesis, Curtin University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/328.
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During the late 1980s, government agencies in many countries commenced the implementation of public sector management reforms in an effort to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. Many of these reforms arose as a result of demands placed on governments for improved use of public funds. These reforms, which have been wide ranging, have involved important improvements in the methods in which public sector agencies collect and report information related to accountability, particularly in the area of performance measurement. This study seeks to add to the literature on public sector accountability and performance measurement by undertaking a comparative cross-country study involving Australia and Malaysia, a developed and a developing country. Each of these countries have adopted, in varying degrees, reforms to their public sector reporting mechanisms as a result of major demands for changes to public sector funding, accountability and reporting methods. Within the study, a multiple theory approach is undertaken which uses aspects of both agency theory and institutional theory to provide a more informed understanding of the impact specific influential parties have on the level of disclosure and dissemination of accountability related information. This study examines the impact of agency and institutional related variables on the extent and frequency of the disclosure and dissemination of performance measurement information by Australian and Malaysian government departments.The major sources of data for this study comprise firstly, an analysis of the 2003/2004 annual reports of Australian and Malaysian government departments, secondly semi-structured interviews with senior finance officers of selected government departments and thirdly, a questionnaire survey forwarded to senior finance officers of all government departments in Australia and Malaysia. The findings of the content analysis and interviews concerning performance indicator disclosure by Australian Federal government departments show that cost and effectiveness performance indicators are the most disclosed indicator. For Malaysian Federal government departments, results and quantity performance indicators are the most disclosed indicators. For Australia, performance dissemination happens most often on a monthly basis whilst for Malaysia this occurs more regularly on an annual basis. In relation to performance indicator dissemination, Australian government departments are making increased use of the web to disseminate performance indicators whilst the main method of dissemination for Malaysia is their availability upon request. The major questionnaire was prepared using the annual report content analysis and interviews as a base and it was sent to the senior financer officers of all Australian and Malaysian Government Departments. The questionnaire resulted in a 37.1% response rate for Australia and a 21.7% response rate for Malaysian departments. The questionnaire was used as the base to test the influence of agency theory-related variables and institutional theory-related variables and culture on performance indicator disclosure and dissemination.The results of the agency theory-related variables rejected the hypothesised influence of oversight bodies on performance indicator disclosure and dissemination for both Australian and Malaysian government departments. The relevant size of government departments was also rejected as being an influence on the frequency of performance indicator disclosure by both countries. However, for Australian government departments, a significant influence for frequency of size of government departments of performance indicator dissemination was found to exist. The citizenry was found to have no significant influence on performance indicator disclosure by both countries. However, in the case of Malaysia, the citizenry were found to have an influence on the level of performance indicator dissemination. The results of the institutional theory related variables provided evidence that none of the variables have an influence on the frequency of performance indicator disclosure and dissemination in both countries. Finally, the results for culture showed there is a level of influence of culture on the frequency of performance indicator disclosure and dissemination. Overall the results of this study indicate both some differences and similarities between Australia and Malaysia government departments in the disclosure and dissemination of performance indicators. There is evidence in this study to indicate that in Australia, both efficiency and effectiveness performance indicators are being disclosed more often in the annual reports of government departments. However, the results for Malaysia show a considerably lower level of disclosure of efficiency and effectiveness performance indicators in government departments' annual reports than in Australia.Therefore the contrasts between the mail survey results and interview results provide for some future research that could expand the interview survey to include a larger sample to see if the Sofas perceptions are the same or different in regards to performance indicator disclosure and dissemination. The dual paradigm (agency and institutional) modeling of the determinants of performance indicator disclosure and dissemination have provided important findings from the perspectives of both the variables and the countries on which this study was based. The important findings of this study are that accountability and managerially have had differing emphases in Australia as compared to Malaysia, and that there are varying levels of disclosure, dissemination and use of performance measurement information between both individual government departments and the countries in which they reside. A range of future research possibilities are generated by this study. These possibilities range from extending the context of the hypotheses to encompass other government entities, other countries and other forms of performance measurement.
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Mucciarone, Maria Anna. "Accountability and performance measurement in Australian and Malaysian government departments." Curtin University of Technology, School of Accounting, 2008. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=116043.
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During the late 1980s, government agencies in many countries commenced the implementation of public sector management reforms in an effort to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. Many of these reforms arose as a result of demands placed on governments for improved use of public funds. These reforms, which have been wide ranging, have involved important improvements in the methods in which public sector agencies collect and report information related to accountability, particularly in the area of performance measurement. This study seeks to add to the literature on public sector accountability and performance measurement by undertaking a comparative cross-country study involving Australia and Malaysia, a developed and a developing country. Each of these countries have adopted, in varying degrees, reforms to their public sector reporting mechanisms as a result of major demands for changes to public sector funding, accountability and reporting methods. Within the study, a multiple theory approach is undertaken which uses aspects of both agency theory and institutional theory to provide a more informed understanding of the impact specific influential parties have on the level of disclosure and dissemination of accountability related information. This study examines the impact of agency and institutional related variables on the extent and frequency of the disclosure and dissemination of performance measurement information by Australian and Malaysian government departments.The major sources of data for this study comprise firstly, an analysis of the 2003/2004 annual reports of Australian and Malaysian government departments, secondly semi-structured interviews with senior finance officers of selected government departments and thirdly, a questionnaire survey forwarded to senior finance officers of all government departments in Australia and Malaysia. The findings of the content analysis and interviews concerning performance indicator disclosure by Australian Federal government departments show that cost and effectiveness performance indicators are the most disclosed indicator. For Malaysian Federal government departments, results and quantity performance indicators are the most disclosed indicators. For Australia, performance dissemination happens most often on a monthly basis whilst for Malaysia this occurs more regularly on an annual basis. In relation to performance indicator dissemination, Australian government departments are making increased use of the web to disseminate performance indicators whilst the main method of dissemination for Malaysia is their availability upon request. The major questionnaire was prepared using the annual report content analysis and interviews as a base and it was sent to the senior financer officers of all Australian and Malaysian Government Departments. The questionnaire resulted in a 37.1% response rate for Australia and a 21.7% response rate for Malaysian departments. The questionnaire was used as the base to test the influence of agency theory-related variables and institutional theory-related variables and culture on performance indicator disclosure and dissemination.
The results of the agency theory-related variables rejected the hypothesised influence of oversight bodies on performance indicator disclosure and dissemination for both Australian and Malaysian government departments. The relevant size of government departments was also rejected as being an influence on the frequency of performance indicator disclosure by both countries. However, for Australian government departments, a significant influence for frequency of size of government departments of performance indicator dissemination was found to exist. The citizenry was found to have no significant influence on performance indicator disclosure by both countries. However, in the case of Malaysia, the citizenry were found to have an influence on the level of performance indicator dissemination. The results of the institutional theory related variables provided evidence that none of the variables have an influence on the frequency of performance indicator disclosure and dissemination in both countries. Finally, the results for culture showed there is a level of influence of culture on the frequency of performance indicator disclosure and dissemination. Overall the results of this study indicate both some differences and similarities between Australia and Malaysia government departments in the disclosure and dissemination of performance indicators. There is evidence in this study to indicate that in Australia, both efficiency and effectiveness performance indicators are being disclosed more often in the annual reports of government departments. However, the results for Malaysia show a considerably lower level of disclosure of efficiency and effectiveness performance indicators in government departments' annual reports than in Australia.
Therefore the contrasts between the mail survey results and interview results provide for some future research that could expand the interview survey to include a larger sample to see if the Sofas perceptions are the same or different in regards to performance indicator disclosure and dissemination. The dual paradigm (agency and institutional) modeling of the determinants of performance indicator disclosure and dissemination have provided important findings from the perspectives of both the variables and the countries on which this study was based. The important findings of this study are that accountability and managerially have had differing emphases in Australia as compared to Malaysia, and that there are varying levels of disclosure, dissemination and use of performance measurement information between both individual government departments and the countries in which they reside. A range of future research possibilities are generated by this study. These possibilities range from extending the context of the hypotheses to encompass other government entities, other countries and other forms of performance measurement.
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Promise, Catherine Bilra. "Institutions and local government accountability in Uganda: a case study of Ntungamo district." University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7748.
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Magister Administrationis - MAdminAfter decades of seeking answers, without much success, to the development challenges facing third world countries, agencies such as the IMF and World Bank have turned increasingly in recent years to issues governance and accountability. In Africa especially, the failure of most development strategies has been attributed to governance issues such as democratic deficits, corruption and lack of political accountability among others. Uganda like several other African countries has been criticised for corruption - a sign that the country has a problem with the functioning of accountability and governance in general. In an attempt to find out whether the local government institutional mechanisms in Uganda embody possible explanations for weaknesses in political accountability, this study hypothesizes that institutional arrangements impact on downward accountability. While concentrating on the anatomy of institutions and the dimensions of accountability to which they relate, as well as on how the formal and informal institutions relate to each other, the study gives an insight into how institutions impact on downward answerability and enforceability at the local level in Uganda. Based on a thorough consideration of both the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of the concept of accountability, the study develops relevance criteria upon which an assessment of both formal and informal institutions' relevance for each of the dimensions of accountability is based. In both cases, formal institutions are found to be more relevant for accountability than informal ones. Critical issues about the capabilities of informal institutions are however raised, culminating in a discussion on the relationship between formal and informal institutions in the study area. While also considering other variables that interact with institutions in affecting accountability, the study calls for a re examination in the concepts under investigation namely 'institutions' and 'accountability'. The study concludes that problems of accountability can be accounted for by weaknesses in institutional design, conceptual weaknesses in the definition of accountability, as well as contextual factors such as resource constraints. In the light of this recognition, the study offers theoretical as well as policy level recommendation
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Haji, Saim Hajah Sainah. "The administrative system of Brunei Darussalam : management, accountability and reform." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322383.
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Salmond, Robert Cockburn. "Parliamentary question times how legislative accountability mechanisms affect citizens and politics /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1467893821&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Rock, Ellen Maree. "Accountability Deficits and Overloads: a missing framework." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147898.
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Accountability is touted as an essential feature of modern democratic society, said to underpin the legitimacy of our system of government. Given its lofty status, it is unsurprising that the concept has given rise to the search for accountability ‘deficits’, claims that a particular mechanism or area is lacking in accountability. At the other extreme sit accountability ‘overloads’, claims that a particular mechanism or area over-delivers on accountability. Though claims of deficit and overload are prevalent in academic and social discourse, little work has been done to explore the content of these concepts. This thesis posits that claims of accountability deficit and overload conceal two steps in logic. The first hidden assumption is that it is possible to define a ‘benchmark’ of accountability. The ideas of deficit and overload are essentially claims of ‘not enough’ accountability, on the one hand, and ‘too much’ accountability on the other. In order to make good on that claim, we must first accept that it is possible to describe what ‘enough’ accountability looks like. In other words, we must be able to articulate an ideal benchmark of accountability against which we can compare a given mechanism or area, and find that it either falls short of or exceeds that expectation. One possible way of giving shape to such a benchmark would be to transform the mechanistic framework frequently used to analyse accountability mechanisms (ie who is accountable to whom, for what and how?) into a normative framework (ie who should be accountable to whom, for what and how?). The difficulty, as explored in this thesis, is that in order to give shape to that normative benchmark, we are called on to resolve complex debates regarding our views and expectations of government, issues that have troubled legal philosophers for centuries. These complexities are concealed when we make claims by reference to the anomalous notion of accountability. The second hidden assumption in claims of accountability deficit and overload is that the claimant has located the particular mechanism under scrutiny within the wider system of accountability mechanisms. After all, there is little merit in a claim that a particular shortfall in one mechanism represents an accountability gap unless one can also establish that this shortfall is not ameliorated by other mechanisms within the system. Likewise, in making a claim that the accumulation of mechanisms represents an accountability overload, it is necessary to accept that those mechanisms in fact operate simultaneously to produce that effect. Missing from the literature, however, is a detailed explanation of the various types of relationship dynamics that might exist between accountability mechanisms, which in many cases will have the effect of ameliorating those concerns. This thesis unpacks these hidden assumptions, ultimately demonstrating that much more work needs to be done to give concrete shape to the concepts of accountability deficits and overloads. If accountability is indeed a foundational concept underpinning our system of government, there is merit in meeting this challenge head-on.
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Oliver, Ian Thomas. "Accountability : a study of police and government in the United Kingdom." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1985. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21462.
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For over twenty-five years there has been a debate on the control of the police in the United Kingdom which has increased in intensity such that "law and order" and "police accountablility" have become political issues which have a significant place in party manifestos and conference agenda. During the 1980s severe public disorder occurred in Great Britain, either in the form of alleged racial disturbances provoked by insensitive policing or as a result of "picketing" during the Miners' Strike of 1984/85, both of which resulted in the deployment of large numbers of police using new and expensive techniques. As a result, Chief Constables were seen by some to be both operationally and financially unaccountable to their Police Authorities and political control was thought to be the remedy against arbitrary and largely uncontrollable law enforcement by powerful and unacceptably independent men. On the other hand, examples of irresponsible Police Authorities attempting political manipulation of the police, particularly during the Miners' Strike, were highlighted by those who saw danger in allowing party politics to intrude upon impartial and politically independent policing. Academic examination of the activities of Police Authorities tended to indicate that they had not functioned as satisfactorily as it was envisaged by a Royal Commission Report (Cmnd 1728) of 1962 and the Police Acts 1964 and 1967. Additionally, persistent and unresolved conflict remains between some Chief Constables and their Authorities. An examination of this debate and some suggested remedies has been undertaken. In particular the situation in Northern Ireland has been considered because its peculiar political difficulties have evinced a system of control of the police which may commend itself to the mainland. Also the special position of the Metropolitan Police has been examined. Recommendations for resolving the perceived difficulties are offered in conclusion.
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Mahmood, Mohamed. "Does digital transformation of government lead to enhanced citizens' trust and confidence in government?" Thesis, Brunel University, 2017. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15391.
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Over the years, citizens' trust and confidence in their governments has continued to decline and digital government is expected to reverse this trend. An enormous amount of money has been spent, worldwide, on electronic government initiatives that are focused on improving performance, reducing costs and enhancing citizens' trust and confidence in their governments. Yet, of the many initiatives that have been implemented, very few have achieved real transformation of government (i.e. fundamental changes to the way core functions of government are performed to achieve noticeable gains in performance and efficiency). As such, there is a need to understand how transformation of government as a construct affects citizens' trust and confidence in government in the presence of factors such as, government performance and citizen satisfaction. This research empirically investigates the influence of digital transformation of government on citizens' trust and confidence in the context of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Bahrain is a top ranking country in terms of use of ICT in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. A conceptual model was developed and validated using an online survey targeting randomly citizens of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Based on 313 responses, the findings of this research suggest that citizens' trust and confidence in their government is positively influenced by transformation of government, mediated by government performance and citizens' satisfaction. The study found that e-government and technology are not enough for achieving a real transformation of government, and therefore, in tackling the decline in citizens' trust and confidence in government. Other factors were found to be important in this equation, including transparency and accountability of government functions and activities in meeting citizens' expectations. The research offers multiple policy implications and theoretical contributions, in addition to helping understand how digital transformation of government can enhance citizens' trust and confidence in government, improve government-to-citizen relationship, and increase the adoption of digital services offered by governments. From a policy perspective, this research offers a validated conceptual model that can be used as a frame of reference when planning ICT-enabled transformation projects in government. From a theoretical context, this study is the first to investigate the relationship between transformation of government and citizens' trust and confidence in government.
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Bezuidenhout, Lydia. "Evaluating political accountability in water projects with the aim of determining the impact of political accountability on project sustainability." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2449.
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Thesis (MA (Political Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.The study investigated what the degree of political accountability is in water projects as practiced by project implementers. The evaluation was also aimed at determining the impact of political accountability on project sustainability. In order to evaluate the question, field research was conducted. Field research was of a quantitative nature, using a questionnaire. This involved (a) selecting two systems (project implementers, a municipality and a non-governmental organisation) where the systems’ political accountability within water projects could be compared, and (b) interviewing community respondents from a set questionnaire in four villages. The main findings are that (i) the level of political accountability in water projects depends on the system implementing a water project, (ii) three elements of political accountability (responsibility, information, and inclusion) differ significantly between the two systems, and (iii) political accountability has a significant impact on project sustainability. It is recommended that project implementers take into consideration the identified three elements of political accountability in order to improve project sustainability.
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Pashang, Hossein. "Processes of accountability : experience from the operative level in Swedish local government /." Göteborg : BAS, 2003. http://www.handels.gu.se/epc/archive/00002915/01/Avhandling-Hossein.pdf.
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Zindi, Beauty Chiwoneso. "Accounting and accountability in local government : a critical constructivist grounded theory approach." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.496069.
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Owolabi, Hakeem A. "Public accountability : the case of government guarantee scheme in PFI/PPP projects." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2018. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/34567/.
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Although government guarantee scheme has become a well-known policy strategy for encouraging public-private infrastructure delivery. However, a huge concern with government guarantee in PFI/PPP is the issue of weak public accountability scrutiny. This study therefore investigates accountability mechanisms necessary for evaluating PFI/PPP government guarantee scheme within UK context. Using exploratory sequential mixed methodology approach, constructs from accountability theory (Process-Based Accountability Mechanisms, Ethics-Based Accountability Mechanisms, Democratic Accountability Mechanisms, and Outcome-Based Accountability Mechanisms) were examined. Sixteen (16) accountability mechanisms (value for money, parliamentary scrutiny, rule of law etc.) useful for evaluating PFI/PPP government guarantee scheme were identified and used to formulate theoretical hypotheses. Through literature review, documentation and case study interviews with experts in public and private sectors, 78 indicators contributing towards each accountability mechanism were uncovered. Confirming the relevance of each indicators from experts in the qualitative study, a final questionnaire survey was developed and distributed to wider audiences. Series of statistical tests were performed on the collected questionnaire data including Descriptive Mean Rating, Reliability Analysis, Mann Whitney U Test of Significant Differences in Perceptions and Structural Equation Modelling. The results revealed fourteen out of the sixteen tested hypotheses were validated, with two rejected (Benchmarking and Budgetary Reporting). Findings also identified the top-five accountability mechanisms critical for evaluating PFI/PPP government guarantee scheme comprising: Value for Money, Competition, Social and Political Impact, Risk Management, and Parliamentary Scrutiny. The study culminated in a multidimensional framework for public accountability in PFI/PPP government guarantee scheme. Contributing towards existing accountability theory, the study confirmed a combination of multiple accountabilities, as against a single-dimensional accountability, is necessary for strengthening public accountability in PFI/PPP government guarantee scheme. For UK policy formulators, the result suggested need for future re-dimensioning of accountability frameworks for infrastructure government guarantee schemes, especially as the nation faces new geo-political and economic complexities in years to come.
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Quinlivan, Michael Dale. "Local government accountability – financial, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability performance reports : stakeholder perspectives." Thesis, Curtin University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2025.
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The question posed in this study was whether local government is held accountable for their financial management, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability and if local government reports contribute to this. In this study perceptions of how residents form their views about the performance of their local government were gained by interviewing residents and senior managers. Three local governments differing in the size of the organisation, the demography of the residents, and their urban environment took part in the study. A qualitative methodology within the constructivist paradigm was used with the rigour of the study being judged in terms of its method and analysis, and the findings and recommendations assessed against quality criteria particularly its usefulness in the real world of local government.Using a grounded research approach, the study found that residents’ perceptions of local government are highly subjective and influenced by many factors including trust in the local government, personal experience, public perceptions and personal values. Using economics of information theory in which the cost of information is balanced against the benefits of the information, residents’ behaviour was classified into four categories: detached, vicarious, specific purpose and engaged. A tentative model of assurance emerged from the findings. The model provides a means of explaining the personal, institutional and exogenous conditions that affect the benefits and cost to residents of performance information. The emergent model was used to understand issues about the accountability of local government, and implications for community engagement, models of management and local government sustainability programmes.
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Ng, Siu-ling Giselle. "Accountability in public administration : the case of Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18539105.
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Maaga, Idah Xikombiso. "Evaluating the effectiveness of the oversight role of the portfolio committee on the accountability of the Limpopo Department of Education, South Africa." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1912.
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Thesis (MPA.) --University of Limpopo, 2017This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of the oversight role of the Portfolio Committee on Education, in determining their influence on accountability functions by the Department of Education. The overall aim is to provide an understanding into inherent challenges in the oversight role of the Portfolio Committee on Education in the Limpopo Legislature. The study further aimed to collect data on the role played by the Members of the Education Portfolio Committee on how they exercise their oversight role in ensuring that the Department of Basic Education delivers quality service to the public. As such, the study was conducted from a qualitative perspective; using interviews and documentation analysis. The results of this study indicate that although Members of the Limpopo Legislature, particularly Members of the Portfolio Committee on Education, are capacitated to conduct oversight over the Department of Basic Education, there are still gaps and challenges as far as the oversight role of Parliament is concerned. The study further reveals that the Portfolio Committee’s ineffectiveness when performing its oversight may be attributed to the Department’s lack of co-operation, submission of poor quality reports, non-compliance with rules and regulations, Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) (and other policies), deviation from the budget, unwillingness to implement the Committee’s recommendations and failure to submit required documentation to Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) and the Auditor General’s (AG) Office.
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Molland, Allan, and allan molland@rmit edu au. "AAS27 and accountability with emphasis on depreciation as the critical test." RMIT University. Accounting and Law, 2006. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20070117.091123.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate how senior accounting staff in Victorian local councils are recording and reporting infrastructure assets (IAs) with their relevant depreciation in General Purpose Financial Reports (GPFRs). Infrastructure assets are long-lived assets such as roads, drains and bridges. Historically, the purpose of public sector accounting in Western countries has been to demonstrate that funds have been raised and expended strictly within the authority of the annual budget. This short-term charge/discharge objective, involving the use of a cash-based system of accounting, has effectively prevented the provision of information for long-term decision making and the assessment of those decisions. The major disadvantage for management purposes is the loss of information relating to the longterm benefits of expenditures with one of the major issues being the failure to record IAs and their relevant depreciation. The introduction of Australian Accounting Standard No. 27 Financial Reporting by Local Governments (AAS27), which applies to all Australian local authorities and the Statements of Accounting Concepts (SACs) require IAs to be reported in the Statement of Financial Position and depreciation to be charged in the Statement of Financial Performance in order to reflect the loss of service potential in the operating period concerned. It is anticipated that the study will report the implications for the accountability of the implementation of IA accounting and the utility and relevance of IA information and depreciation for decision-making by both internal and external users. Conclusions on the consequences of current practices and recommendations for change will be developed to assist local government authorities and accounting bodies.
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Sandberg, Adam. "Government Transparency in Sweden and the United States : Evading Accountability Through Modern Technology." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-203497.
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During the last decade, a number of U.S. government officials have been using modern technology, such as personal email accounts and computers, to evade certain transparency legislation. Similar tendencies of strategic evasiveness can also be identified in Sweden. By comparing U.S. and Swedish history, legislation, and specific modern examples, I reach the conclusion that with regards to governmental accountability, modern technology presents both positive and negative aspects. While modern technology gives government officials a way of preventing sensitive or embarrassing information to be released, or otherwise further a hidden political agenda, it also provides private organizations and individuals with various ways of keeping government accountable. In order to minimize the negative effects, issues such as incentive structures, technological boundaries, court review, and the general scope of government need to be considered.
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McDermott, E. "The accountability of audit in central government in Ireland : bridging any expectations gap." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.679258.
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The Irish Constitution defines the key public accountability role of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the audit of central government, reported through the forum of the Committee of Public Accounts (PAC). The purpose of the research is to consider how central government audit and their oversight and reporting mechanisms, played out in a public forum, could address any perceived expectations gap and therefore contribute to improved governance and accountability. The PAC, through its conduct of meetings, review of C&AG reports and in its subsequent reporting, may inadvertently contribute to the widening of the audit expectations gap. A documentary review of PAC meeting transcripts of scrutiny and deliberations was carried out over a period of seven years. In the review, regard was given to the audit concepts and expectations gap definitions as summarised from the international research. The absence or deficiency in the application of those concepts identified areas where expectations gap issues arise and objectively framed the consideration of what could be done to reduce the accountability expectations gap pertaining to central government audit, including internal audit. The research identified a number of factors that lead to ongoing difficulties of the PAC and C&AG in the discharge of their accountability duties and had contributed to the expectations gap. The research uniquely showed some aspects of the PAC's public examination and deliberative processes requiring improvement, with clear audit expectations gap bridging benefits. This research showed a significant deference of the PAC to media reporting of matters of public accountability of common interest. The research showed a prolific and commendable output of the C&AG with limited resources and a consequential significant workload for the PAC. Accordingly, the PAC needs to refrain from deliberations on extraneous matters or matters that it cannot influence or outside its remit.
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Tsang, Elsie. "Accountability or secrecy : a study of the government's access to information policy /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17507777.
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Xala, Zandile. "The performance of O R Tambo district municipality regarding water service delivery." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1009318.
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Access to water services in South Africa still remains a dream for most people, especially those who live in remote areas. The poverty stricken communities of the former Transkei in the Eastern Cape are in need of water and sanitation services. The findings of the study reveal that most community members are dissatisfied with the water service delivery. During an interview with ward 6 residents who reside in an urban area of the OR Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM), they revealed that pipe bursting is one of the main causes why from time to time they do not have water. The other factor is when there is no electricity; the water system depends on the availability of electricity. The South African local government has been mandated to consult with its citizenry in respect of the processes relating to water service delivery. South Africa has developed a wide range of legislation that ensures community consultation on a continuous basis with regard to how water services should be delivered. It is the community‟s right to be consulted and to give input on issues that directly affect them. The researcher used a qualitative research method since it would provide the reader with more insight into how water services are delivered in the ORTDM. Both community members and municipal officials were interviewed. A number of findings have been made during the research. Some community members are of the view that constant community consultation could reduce service delivery protests. Political intervention needs to be made by the leadership with regard to service delivery and more resources need to be committed toward those processes. This study was conducted from April 2012 to November 2012 and was aimed at assessing the performance of OR Tambo District Municipality regarding water service delivery. According to OR Tambo DM (2011/12: 3), the communities through the consultation processes conducted throughout five (5) local municipalities made it clear that ensuring increased access to water and sanitation services is still the main priority.
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Tsang, Elsie, and 曾芷詩. "Accountability or secrecy: a study of the government's access to information policy." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31965076.
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Rai, Amrit Kumar. "Service delivery and accountability : the case of rural drinking water in Nepal." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6827/.
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Successful delivery of public service depends on how the relationships are forged by the actors (organizations) involved in service provision in a given socioeconomic and political context. By applying Agency Theory to the accountability features of service transaction and Activity Theory as a tool to define relationships, I have demonstrated that the public sector (District Governments) exhibits a more liberal attitude towards relationships with community based organizations (Water Users' Committees) in the provision of rural drinking water, while being more formal in relationships with the technical service providers (NGOs). The resolution of the dilemma regarding whether to choose trust-based or more formal contractual relationships with community and service providers in service provision, depends on how effectively the public sector builds their capacity to monitor, supervise and enforce the terms of the service provision relationship. The study of the application of accountability features in the service delivery transaction helps us to understand how a government organization structures its relationships with community organizations and with others, by using either a social or a market approach. The research also reveals that it is difficult to assign accountability in the collaborative network type of service provision, particularly for the provision of public goods and services, which demands a greater level of formal accountability to legitimize the functioning of the government.
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Lee, Ka-bong. "Accountability of statutory bodies : a case study of the Provisional Airport Authority /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14023799.
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Price, Richard, and n/a. "Dual accountability in the Commonwealth primary industries statutory authorities." University of Canberra. Management, 1993. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061106.152937.
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During the 1980s some remarkable public administration
reforms took place in the Commonwealth primary
industries portfolio statutory research and marketing
authorities. These reforms implemented dual
accountability arrangements which legislated the
requirement for the authorities to be held accountable
directly to government and Parliament, as well as to
industry and community bodies which held either a
financial stake in the authorities or a stake in the
outcomes of their activities.
This dissertation discusses the nature of the dual
accountability arrangements in the broader context of
administrative and accountability theory, with particular
emphasis on its place in the evolution of public
enterprise and of more open, participatory and socially
responsive public administration. It also considers the
1980s reforms in the historical context of Australian
primary industry institutionalisation and agrarian
socialism.
The dissertation concludes that dual accountability can
strengthen an organisation's accountability while at the
same time reduce the need for close administrative
control. Dual accountability acknowledges that the
fundamental processes of an organisation's
accountability should apply in more than one direction,
and that the decentralisation of these processes actually
fills the voids left by removing control mechanisms. The
dissertation also identifies variations in the application
of dual accountability principles across primary industry
authorities and suggests that there is potential for the
principles to be applied to other areas of government administration.
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Mo, Wai-ying Brenda, and 巫惠英. "The "accountability" system of the HKSAR Government a misnomer for thepolitical officials "incapability" system." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45012593.
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O'Leary, Matthew Lawrence. "Government and parliament : the development of accountability in Russian politcs in 1905 and 1906 /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10429.
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Baker-Jones, Melanie K. "Social media in emergencies: An examination of government accountability for risk communication and warning." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/108031/1/Melanie_Baker-Jones_Thesis.pdf.
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Emergency management agencies and government authorities increasingly use social media to warn the public of emergencies. The aim of this thesis is to provide clarification where there is uncertainty about liability, and to address concerns as to how the law will be applied. It does this by examining the responsibility of those entities to warn. It considers whether they are likely to be held legally accountable for their acts or omissions when using social media. The thesis also seeks to provide good practice principles for the use of emerging communication technologies.
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Shortell, Christopher. "Rights without a remedy : state sovereign immunity and the challenges of democratic accountability /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3130200.
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Lacerda, Sérvulu Mário de Paiva. "Governo aberto, transparência e governo eletrônico nas câmaras municipais paraibanas: um estudo multicaso." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2017. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/9377.
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This dissertation presents a debate about open government, transparency and e-government in the municipal councils Paraibanas. Aiming to understand the current stage of transparency and e-government actions that allow access to information, participation and collaboration of society in political and deliberative processes through virtual portals of the Paraíba municipal legislature. To do so, the research is exploratory-descriptive in nature, with quanti-quali approach, made use of two data collection instruments: Questionnaires (CGU Transparency Brazil Scale Checklist, focusing on transparency, and a cut of the Amorim and Almada (2014) questionnaire, to focus on participation and collaboration and a semi-structured interview. As a result, observed that the management of the municipalities of Paraíba is still at an incipient level in terms of transparency, collaboration and social participation. In addition, it was possible to point out as challenges of the Municipalities to implement open government are: the lack of financial resources, the incipient popular participation, the low degree of knowledge of the great part of the population and the digital and physical infrastructure. Therefore, even with current legislation that encourages access to and dissemination and encouragement of national and international bodies for government actions, in order to promote the participation of citizens in political and deliberative processes, this is not enough to institutionalize the model Proposed by the open government.
Esta dissertação apresenta um debate sobre o governo aberto, a transparência e o governo eletrônico nas Câmaras Municipais Paraibanas. Tendo como objetivo compreender o atual estágio das ações de transparência e do governo eletrônico que permitam o acesso à informação, a participação e a colaboração da sociedade em processos políticos e deliberativos através de portais virtuais do legislativo municipal paraibano. Para tanto, a pesquisa é de natureza exploratório-descritiva, com abordagem quanti-quali, fez uso de dois instrumentos de coleta de dados: Questionários (o Checklist Escala Brasil Transparente da CGU, com foco na transparência, e um recorte do questionário de Amorim e Almada (2014), para focar na participação e colaboração) e uma entrevista semi-estruturada. Como resultado observou que a gestão das Câmaras Municipais paraibanas ainda se encontra no nível incipiente em relação à transparência, à colaboração e à participação social. Além disso, foi possível pontuar como desafios das Câmaras Municipais para implementar o governo aberto são: a falta de recursos financeiros, a incipiente participação popular, o baixo grau de conhecimento da grande parte da população e a infraestrutura digital e física. Portanto, mesmo com uma legislação vigente que incentiva o acesso e a divulgação e o estímulo dos órgãos nacionais e internacionais para ações governamentais, a fim de promover a participação dos munícipes nos processos políticos e deliberativos, isso não é o suficiente para a institucionalização do modelo de governo proposto pelo governo aberto.
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Gains, Francesca. "Understanding department : next steps agency relationships." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1999. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6028/.
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This thesis examines the establishment of 'Next Steps' agencies in government and how they were intended to allow the delivery of government goals at arm's length. The research is concerned with how changes in relationships at the heart of Government can be understood. It seeks to address the impact of these changes on the policy process. It does so by examining the nature of the relationship between departments and agencies and asking why some relationships appeared to have worked well and others have not. These questions are not adequately addressed in the existing literature on agencies. The thesis takes a multiple case study approach and draws on the concepts of historical institutionalism, power dependency and policy networks to approach these questions. It is argued that the introduction and development of agencies changed the formal and informal institutional 'rules of the game', affecting the roles actors expected to play and radically altered the distribution of resources in central government. The changed distribution of resources led to the development of new power dependent networks between departments and agencies. Path dependency in the development of the Next Steps concept led to a tension between the idea of agencies operating at 'arm's length' with the continuation of traditional accountability arrangements. The key argument presented is that, where department-agency networks are based on shared values, goals and institutional support, they will be able to manage the tension created by the new institutional arrangements and are able to successfully deliver government goals. In concluding, it is suggested that understanding department-agency relationships as power dependent networks presents three implications. Firstly, for the applicability of this analytical framework to other 'institutional arrangements', secondly for policy making in the core executive and, finally, for insights on normative issues of accountability and autonomy in contemporary governance.
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Mdleleni, Lwando. "A critical analysis of the implementation of performance management system in the local government, with specific reference to O. R. Tambo District Municipality." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4437.
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Masters in Public Administration - MPAThe provision of quality services is important for the overall welfare of South Africans. However, the Apartheid legacy appears to have long lasting effects on the provision of quality services at local level, with a range of undesirable effects, especially for ordinary people at grassroots level. Nevertheless, this concern has been made possible the legacy of apartheid, which makes it practically impossible to address the immediate needs of ordinary South Africans. For over a decade, South African local government has been condemned for poor service delivery, which is as a result of inefficiency, unproductiveness and incompetency of the public servants. These factors have hindered the prospect of delivering quality services at the most efficient and effective level, hence the introduction of a long- term plan by the South African government to improve the productiveness of the local government, and this plan is known as Performance Management System (PMS). The introduction of performance management system is critical because it ensures that plans are being implemented, that they are having the desired development impact and that resources are being used efficiently.This thesis critically analyzes the implementation processes of Performance Management System at O.R. Tambo District Municipality. Its principal aims is to investigate the factors that hinder the effective implementation of performance management system at local government in South Africa, to assess the effectiveness of PMS at ORTDM, to identify and explore different theories on performance management system. This thesis also seeks to be a guide to effective public policy implementation and provide recommendation and clear analysis of the municipal activities which can help improve the current state of affairs at O.R Tambo District Municipality. This thesis therefore looks at the challenges that are faced by the Section 57 employees (i.e. Municipal manager, directors and assistant directors) in the implementation of Performance Management System within the O.R. Tambo District Municipality. It uses qualitative research methods to assess patterns of PMS in ORTDM. This enquiry produces descriptive data, based on the written and spoken words of the interviewees. This method allows the researcher to see the world from participant‟s point of view.This thesis begins by introducing the subject of Performance Management, giving the historical background of performance management, as well as the current state of O.R. Tambo District. The introduction of the topic is followed by a theoretical overview of the subject of performance management. This is followed by the research methodology used in this study. The findings are presented in the chapter following the research methodology chapter, giving a synopsis of what the interviewees disclosed during the interview process. The last chapter provides conclusions and recommendations on how do the municipality ensure that performance management is effectively implemented and it has desired outcomes.