Working Paper from the World Bank Institute
Building open government represents a challenge for all countries. And it is important to collect and exchange those experiences on how to put the basic principles of good governance into practice. Transparency, efficiency and effectiveness, ethical behaviour and accountability are principles that need to be highlighted if better public governance is to benefit citizens.
The piece, titled ‘Beyond Public Scrutiny: Stocktaking of Social Accountability in OECD countries‘ contributes to the global exchange of policy relevant knowledge by producing 40 templates detailing social accountability initiatives in 27 OECD countries and the European Commission. Some of them explored the use of online tools to enhance public scrutiny and engagement.
Joanne Caddy, Tiago Peixoto and Mary McNeill are the authors.
