Case Studies

This section contains country case studies which highlight how Social Accountability (SAc) mechanisms have been used in different contexts, and the impact SAc mechanisms have had on extracting greater transparency and accountability from government institutions.

• Stocktaking on Social Accountability Initiatives in Asia and the Pacific: Full templates (2004, CESI-WBI), February 2005
  
  
• Stocktaking on Social Accountability Initiatives in Asia and the Pacific: Summary Paper (Draft, 2004, CESI -WBI), February 2005
  
  
• Voice, eyes, and ears - social accountability in Latin America : case studies on mechanisms of participatory monitoring and evaluation, November 2004
  
  
• Peru - Towards a system of Social Accountability (En Breve), February 2004
  
  
• Social Accountability Around Emergency Operations in Argentina (En Breve), February 2004
  
  
• Bangalore, India: Participatory Approaches in Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management; Social Development Note, March 2003 (115 Kb PDF)
  
  
• Gujarat, India: Participatory Approaches in Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management; Social Development Note No. 72, March 2003 (109 Kb PDF)
  
  
• Porto Alegre, Brazil: Participatory Approaches in Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management: Social Development Note, 2003, The World Bank, Washington, DC, March 2003(115 Kb PDF)
  
  
• El Salvador: Participation in Macroeconomic Policy Making and Reform; Social Development Note, 2003 (114 Kb PDF)
  
  
• Filipino Report Card on Pro-Poor Services (15,253 Kb PDF)