Transparency and accountability initiatives (TAIs) have emerged as a key strategy for
improving public services, but the links between transparency and accountability and their …

In recent decades budget transparency has come to be seen as a pillar of good governance.
This article reviews budget‐related transparency and accountability initiatives (TAIs) to …

Empirical evidence of tangible impacts of social accountability initiatives is mixed. This meta-
analysis reinterprets evaluations through a new lens: the distinction between tactical and …

Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and
women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South …

Despite the normative beliefs that underpin the concept of participation, its impact on
improved democratic, and developmental outcomes has proven difficult to assess. Using a …

Over the last two decades, the idea that citizen engagement and participation can contribute
to improved governance and development outcomes has been mainstreamed in …

Strengthening 'social accountability'is emerging as a key strategy for improving public
services and attaining the Millennium Development Goals. Yet current conceptualizations of …

The Food Sovereignty Movement (FSM) emerged in part in resistance to the model of
globalization that was institutionalized in the Uruguay Round of trade agreements (URA) …

The New Economic Diplomacy explains how states conduct their external economic
relations in the 21st century: how they make decisions domestically; how they negotiate …

In the theory-oriented article, the author discusses the meaning of politics of citizenship. He
argues that a broad conception of citizenship may provide an integral framework for studying …