Shah, Anwar2012-06-072012-06-072005978-0-8213-6144-3https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7436This book provides tools of analysis for discovering equity in tax burdens as well as in public spending and judging government performance in its role in safeguarding the interests of the poor and those otherwise disadvantaged members of society, such as women, children, and minorities. The book further provides a framework for a rights-based approach to citizen empowerment-in other words, creating an institutional design with appropriate rules, restraints, and incentives to make the public sector responsive and accountable to an average voter. Various chapters in this book provide tools of analysis for addressing the following test questions: public burden test; poverty reduction test; social protection test; gender safeguard test; responsiveness test; and accountability test.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCEADMINISTRATIVE COSTSALLOCATION OF RESOURCESBUDGET PROCESSBUDGETARY INSTITUTIONSBURDEN OF TAXESCAPITAL MARKETSCASH TRANSFERSCITIZENCITIZEN PARTICIPATIONCITIZENSCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SERVICE REFORMSCIVIL SOCIETYCLEAN WATERCONSENSUSCORRUPTIONCOUNCILSDECISION MAKINGDEMOCRACYDEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATIONDISTRIBUTION OF INCOMEDIVISION OF POWERSDYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNANCEECONOMETRICSECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHELECTED REPRESENTATIVESEMPLOYMENTEQUALIZATIONFEDERAL GOVERNMENTFEDERALISMFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFISCAL FEDERALISMFISCAL INCENTIVESFISCAL MANAGEMENTFISCAL POLICIESFISCAL REFORMFISCAL RESOURCESGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE APPROACHGOVERNANCE REFORMSGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONGOVERNMENT PERFORMANCEGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSGOVERNMENT SERVICESGOVERNMENT SPENDINGGOVERNMENT STRUCTURESHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN RIGHTSINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME LEVELINCOME LEVELSINCOME TAXESINEQUALITYINSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTSINSTITUTIONAL DESIGNINSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICSINSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMSINSTITUTIONAL REFORMSINTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONSINTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINVESTMENT SPENDINGLABOR MARKETLAWSLEGISLATURESLEVELS OF GOVERNMENTLICENSESLOCAL BUDGETSLOCAL GOVERNANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL LEVELLOCAL PUBLIC SECTORMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMANDATESMARKET ECONOMYMERITOCRACYMINISTRY OF FINANCEMUNICIPAL SERVICESNATIONAL INCOMENATIONSPENSIONSPER CAPITA INCOMEPERSONAL INCOME TAXESPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL OFFICIALSPOOR GOVERNANCEPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE SECTORPUBLICPUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITYPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC BUDGETINGPUBLIC DEBTPUBLIC ECONOMICSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE ANALYSISPUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEWSPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC GOVERNANCEPUBLIC MANAGEMENTPUBLIC MANAGERSPUBLIC OFFICIALSPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC PROGRAMSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITYPUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICSPUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCEPUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENTPUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCEPUBLIC SECTOR REFORMPUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PROGRAMSPUBLIC SECTOR WAGESPUBLIC SERVANTSPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE PROVISIONPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC UTILITIESRETIREMENTROADSSAVINGSSAVINGS SCHEMESSERVICE DELIVERYSOCIAL EQUITYSOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL JUSTICESOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL WELFARESUBSIDIARITY PRINCIPLESUBSIDIARYTAXTAX BURDENSTAX POLICYTAXATIONTRANSITION ECONOMIESPublic Expenditure AnalysisSerie sobre sector publico, buen gobierno, y responsabilidad u rendicion de cuentas : analisis del gasto publicoWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6144-3