附註:Overview / Anwar Shah -- Ch. 1. Public expenditure incidence analysis / Giuseppe Ruggeri -- Ch. 2. On measures of inequality and poverty with welfare implications / Nanak Kakwani and Hyun Son -- Ch. 3. On assessing the equity of governments' fiscal policies, with application to the Philippines / Hyun Son -- Ch. 4. Evaluating public pensions / Robin Boadway and Katherine Cuff -- Ch. 5. Gender in public expenditure reviews / Barbara Bergmann -- Ch. 6. Citizen-centered governance : a new approach to public sector reform / Matthew Andrews and Anwar Shah -- Ch. 7. Toward citizen-centered local-level budgets in developing countries / Matthew Andrews and Anwar Shah -- Ch. 8. Voice mechanisms and local government fiscal outcomes : how do civic pressure and participation influence public accountability? / Matthew Andrews.
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摘要:For various reasons-whether philosophical, political, humanitarian, or by institutional mandate-people are concerned for the well being of the most vulnerable groups in society: women, the poor, and the elderly. Some would even measure the value of a political system by how well it cares for the least of its members. Related to this is the orientation of government toward the public more generally and the extent that it listens and responds to its citizens. More specifically, it is the rules and norms-the institutional framework-of government through which it takes into account the preferences.
