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Open budgets : the political economy of transparency, participation, and accountability / edited by Sanjeev Khagram, Archon Fung and Paolo de Renzio - vi, 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

1 Overview and Synthesis: The Political Economy of Fiscal Transparency, Participation, and Accountability around the World Sanjeev Khagram Paolo de Renzio Archon Fung 1 2 What We Know Can't Hurt Them: Origins, Sources of Sustenance, and Survival Prospects of Budget Transparency in South Africa Steven Friedman 51 3 Accountability from the Top Down? Brazil's Advances in Budget Accountability despite a Lack of Popular Mobilization Jorge Antonio Alves Patrick Heller 76 4 A Mutually Reinforcing Loop: Budget Transparency and Participation in South Korea Jong-sung You Wonhee Lee 105 5 Budget Transparency and Accountability in Mexico: High Hopes, Low Performance John M. Ackerman 130 6 Guatemala: Limited Advances within Advancing Limits Aaron Schneider Annabella España-Najéra 158 7 The Limits of Top-Down Reform: Budget Transparency in Tanzania Barak D. Hoffman 183 8 The Diversification of State Power: Vietnam's Alternative Path toward Budget Transparency, Accountability, and Participation Jonathan Warren Huong Nguyen 208 9 Capturing Movement at the Margins: Senegal's Efforts at Budget Transparency Reform Linda Beck E. H. Seydou Nourou Toure Aliou Faye 224 Contributors 251 Index 253

ISBN: 9780815723370

LCCN: 2013004914

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Finance, Public.
Budget.
Transparency (Ethics) in government.
Government accountability.

Dewey Class. No.: 352.4 KHA