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The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA), funded by the World Bank Institute (WBI), is an initiative to promote, strengthen and sustain the concepts and practices of social accountability globally.
Social Accountability refers to the ways and means through which citizens can hold public institutions accountable in terms of delivering public services, improving people's welfare and protecting people's rights and entitlements.
The primary objective of ANSA South Asia Region (ANSA-SAR) and the Global Partnership Fund (GPF) is to enhance and expand social accountability and governance initiatives in South Asia and elsewhere, through providing project grants to civil society organizations, giving academic fellowships to young scholars and building capacities and competencies within both state and civil society institutions.
- The Story behind the Story
- Citizens' Guide Through the Budget
- Knowledge Action Learning Forum on PFM, Kathmandu Nepal
- Learning from Social Accountability Initiatives
- Global Organization for Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) Conference
- Consultative Workshop RTI Training for Journalists
- The Open Government Partnership Dialogue in Brasilia
- Online course on Social Accountability Completed
- Procurement Innovation Challenge
- Social Accountability Stocktaking in Bangladesh
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Social Accountability Seminar in Pakistan
Speakers at a roundtable conference on Thursday demanded constructive civic engagement between the government and the citizens towards strengthening the principles of democratic governance in Pakistan.
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/02/sdpi-organises-social-accountability-seminar/
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The problem of local participation in Pakistan
The fruits of 18th Amendment are yet to be reaped by the common man as the provinces are reluctant to devolve their powers to the local tiers. The evidence has proved that local service delivery is efficiently and effectively achieved through the people-centered and controlled governments.
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Community Scorecards of Government Schemes
ADHAR has launched a community scorecard programme in Bolangir district, Odisha that educates beneficiaries and providers in each other’s needs and capacities, streamlining democratic processes in an effective manner. Bolangir District, Odisha is said to be one of the most impoverished districts ...
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RTI Act implementation
Right to information (RTI) is acknowledged as a vibrant tool for promoting good governance; particularly accountability and transparency, as well as an essential element for functional democracy. Lack of information impedes citizens’ ability to assess the decisions of their leaders, and even to ...
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PMGSY fails in its objective
PMGSY fails in its objective
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is failing to fulfil its aim due to immense delay in completion of projects.
According to a study made in underdeveloped Maoist-affected Gajapati district, 106 rural roads taken up under 76 PMGSY packages have not got construc...
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Good governance in Nepal
Good Governance in Nepal
Another programme for good governance has been added in Nepal with the intention to control increasing corruption in the country. Immediately after being elected prime minister, Baburam Bhattarai had assured to deliver peace, a constitution, goodgovernance, and relief to th...
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Democratization of Development
Democratization of Development
WITH the global financial markets faltering, developed economies in distress and income disparities widening, the World Bank has launched a more ‘Open Data Initiative’ to enable a ‘citizen-centered development’.
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Local Accountability is the Key
Taking social accountability as an integral part of larger development agenda will result in more transparency
By Gulbaz Ali Khan
A recently conducted international workshop on institutionalising social accountability in the larger development outcome in Pakistan may see a serious effort towards a...
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