From the ground up
Subtitle: improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations
By: Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, and Charles C. Griffin
Contributors: Tolmie, Courtney; Griffin, Charles C., 1951-; Brookings Institution; Results for Development Institute; Transparency and Accountability Program
Publisher: Results for Development Institute; Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780815704126
Other titles: Improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations
Description: Begining in 2007, the Transparency and Accountability Project of  the Brookings Institution and the Results for Development Institute sponsored 16 "independent monitoring agencies" that "undertook expenditure- or performance- monitoring projects in health and education" in Africa, East and South Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.  This book is a compilation of  those organizations'  findings -- x-xi
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-108) and index.

"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."--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Improving governance from the ground up; title: Gather the budget data; title: Follow the money; title: Examine the spending; title: Recommend solutions; title: Disseminate and advocate; title: Possibilities and lessons of independent monitoring.