Demanding Good Governance: A Stocktaking of Social Accountability Initiatives by Civil Society in Anglophone Africa

Author: Mary McNeil and Takawira Mumvuma, 2006. 109 pages. Stock No. 37261.

 In Africa discussions have intensified recently over the role of civil society in bringing about greater government accountability to its citizens, particularly with regard to the flow of public resources. Through the lessons of civic engagement, participation, and civic ownership, citizen groups in Africa are now beginning to hold a growing number of public officials and service providers accountable for their actions and behaviours.  Such social accountability is working to bring about more efficient and equitable governance by reducing corruption and improving delivery of public services to the poor. This report synthesizes a stocktaking of civil society-initiated social accountability practices in the public budgetary process in 10 Anglophone African countries—Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
 
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