World Bank2017-09-072017-09-072009https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28212The devolution of procurement responsibilities to local levels of government is increasingly occurring across South Asia. This trend is significant because increasingly localized decision-making better enables communities to hold government authorities accountable for the effectiveness of public spending, which can lead to various improved development outcomes, such as improvements in quality of service delivery; greater empowerment and understanding by end-users services supplied through public procurement processes; and improved oversight and accountability of service delivery agencies. The objective of this report is to set out an overview of the strategic approach developed by World Bank Institute (WBI) as a component of the Norwegian governance trust fund (NTF) program `procurement and service delivery: establishing effective collaboration between government and beneficiaries on monitoring procurement outcomes`. WBI received funds under the NTF to facilitate the development of context and audience-specific knowledge products by recognized practitioners and civil society organizations in South Asia as part of a broader effort to create a practical curriculum on social accountability in procurement.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUSEACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCEACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSACCOUNTINGADMINISTRATIVE REFORMSADVOCACYANTI-CORRUPTIONAUDITINGAUTHORITYBENEFICIARIESBEST PRACTICEBEST PRACTICESBIDDINGBRIBERYBUDGET ADVOCACYBUDGET ALLOCATIONBUDGET INFORMATIONBUDGET MEETINGSBUDGET MONITORINGBUREAUCRACYCAPACITY BUILDINGCERTIFICATIONCITIZENCITIZEN ADVISORYCITIZEN ENGAGEMENTCITIZEN GROUPSCITIZEN MONITORINGCITIZEN OVERSIGHTCITIZEN PARTICIPATIONCITIZEN REPORT CARDCITIZENSCITIZENSHIPCIVIC ENGAGEMENTCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY GROUPSCIVIL SOCIETY MONITORINGCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCOALITIONSCOLLABORATIONCOLLUSIONCOMMUNITY MEMBERSCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONSCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMPLAINTSCONFIDENCECONSENSUSCONSULTATIONCONSULTATIONSCONVENTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITYCORRUPTCORRUPT PRACTICESCORRUPTIONCORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENTCORRUPTION TRENDSCRONYISMDECISION-MAKINGDECISIONMAKINGDEMOCRACYDISCLOSUREDISCRETIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC RIGHTSEDUCATIONAL MATERIALSENABLING ENVIRONMENTEXECUTIONFINANCIAL AUDITSFINANCIAL SUPPORTFISCAL POLICYFOCUS GROUPSFORMAL ECONOMYFREEDOM OF INFORMATIONFREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAWSGENERAL ELECTIONSGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE ISSUESGOVERNANCE PROGRAMGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT AUTHORITIESGOVERNMENT DECISIONGOVERNMENT INFORMATIONGOVERNMENT LEVELGOVERNMENT OFFICIALGOVERNMENT OFFICIALSGOVERNMENT PERFORMANCEGOVERNMENT SERVICESGRAFTHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESHUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTIMPROVING GOVERNANCEINCOMEINDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYSISINSTITUTION BUILDINGINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTEGRITYINTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITYINTERVIEWSJUDICIAL FRAMEWORKLEADERSHIPLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL FRAMEWORKSLEGAL PROCEDURESLEGISLATIONLEVELS OF GOVERNMENTLOBBYINGLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL CAPACITYLOCAL GOVERNANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL LEVELSLOCAL ORGANIZATIONSMEDIAMINISTERMOBILIZATIONMUNICIPALITYNATIONAL ELECTIONSNEGOTIATIONSOUTREACHPARTICIPATORY BUDGETPARTICIPATORY BUDGETINGPARTICIPATORY BUDGETSPARTICIPATORY MECHANISMSPARTICIPATORY POLICYPARTICIPATORY PROCESSESPENALTIESPERFORMANCE MONITORINGPOLICEPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONSPOLITICAL PARTIESPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREPARATIONPRIME MINISTERPRIORITIESPRIVATE GAINPRIVATE SECTOR REPRESENTATIVESPROCUREMENTPUBLIC ACCESSPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC AFFAIRSPUBLIC AGENCIESPUBLIC AWARENESSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC FUNDSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEARINGSPUBLIC INFORMATIONPUBLIC MANAGEMENTPUBLIC MONIESPUBLIC OFFICIALSPUBLIC OPINIONPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC PROCUREMENTPUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTSPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERYPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC SUPPORTREGULATORY BODIESREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREPRESENTATIVESRIGHT TO INFORMATIONRULE OF LAWSANCTIONSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE DELIVERY CHAINSERVICE PROVIDERSSOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYSOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVESOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVESSOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSSOCIAL ACTIVITIESSOCIAL AUDITSSOCIAL CONTROLSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL GROUPSSOCIAL MOVEMENTSSOCIAL WORKSTAKEHOLDERSTAKEHOLDERSSTATE GOVERNMENTSTATE GOVERNMENTSSTATE INSTITUTIONSTARGET GROUPTAX COLLECTIONSTAXATIONTESTIMONIALSTRANSPARENCYURBAN GOVERNANCEVILLAGEVILLAGESYOUTHReportWorld Bank10.1596/28212