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Auditing Good Government in Africa
Maria Gustavson
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Description for Auditing Good Government in Africa
Paperback. Series: Executive Politics and Governance. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HPS; JPA; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book gives a comprehensive overview of the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and challenges the notions of African public officials presented there. It focuses on public audit institutions and offers rich empirical research results, which contradicts many assumptions made in the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This book gives a comprehensive overview of the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and challenges the notions of African public officials presented there. It focuses on public audit institutions and offers rich empirical research results, which contradicts many assumptions made in the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
Series
Executive Politics and Governance
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349448692
SKU
V9781349448692
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Ref
99-15
About Maria Gustavson
Maria Gustavson is Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is affiliated with the Quality of Government Institute and has been a visiting scholar at London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research primarily concerns administrative reforms in developing countries, audit and democratic accountability and effects of audit on public sector performance. Gustavson ... Read more
Reviews for Auditing Good Government in Africa
"This book does a masterful job of clarifying how public officials in developing countries handle foreign inspired administrative reforms and international practices, in relation to their local circumstances. It offers an excellent set of case studies that demonstrate how a distinct professional identity among African public auditors has emerged. Policy-makers, professionals and scholars should be grateful to have such a ... Read more