Publication: Making Services Work for Poor People : The Role of Participatory Public Expenditure Management (PPEM)
Date
2003-03
ISSN
Published
2003-03
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The public sector of most developing
countries is often the target of numerous criticisms - lack
of or no infrastructure, absenteeism of service providers
like teachers and doctors, poor quality of services,
corruption, non-transparency, favoritism, discrimination,
etc. While several of these criticisms are usually
attributed to lack of resources and the conflict between the
needs of equity and those of efficiency, research has shown
in general that the correlation between increased public
expenditure and actual outcomes or improvements in service
delivery is weak. This gap between spending and development
outcomes reflects more serious deficiencies of
'voice' and 'accountability' for
citizens in general, and the poor in particular. The need
for making services work for poor people is therefore
immense, and has provided the theme for the World
Bank's World Development Report (WDR) for 2004.
Citation
“World Bank. 2003. Making Services Work for Poor People : The Role of Participatory Public Expenditure Management (PPEM). Social Development Notes; No. 81. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/8c7e28af-d949-57ed-8ea7-2bc544725462 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”