A well functioning public sector that delivers quality public services consistent with citizen preferences and fosters private market-led growth while managing fiscal resources prudently, is considered critical to the World Bank’s mission of poverty alleviation and the achievement of millennium development goals. The WBI Governance Learning Programs aim to advance these objectives by disseminating conceptual guidance and lessons from practices and facilitating learning from each others’ experiences on ideas and practices that promote responsive (matching public services with citizens’ preferences), responsible (efficiency and equity in service provision without undue fiscal and social risk) and accountable (to citizens for all actions) public governance in developing countries. Such knowledge creation and sharing is also expected to improve the development effectiveness of World Bank’s assistance for public governance reforms. Public Management Institutions of Accountability in Governance Highlights | Upcoming Events Parliamentary Indicators and Benchmarks: International Seminar and Workshop -- Brisbane, Australia -- September 21-23, 2008 Governance and Education for Honduras -- Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras -- May 21-22 VC Course on Legislative Committees for Dominican Republic and Guatemala -- May- June, 2008 Journalism Training for Transparency and Governance -- Tegucigalpa, Honduras -- February 8- September 12, 2008 Recent Events Seminar on Public Account Committee -- Dhaka, Bangladeshi -- May 13-15, 2008 Parliamentary Officers' Program -- Ottawa, Canada -- May 4-15, 2008 Seminar on Selected Topics on Development and Governance -- Washington DC, USA -- April 28- May 2 Public Sector Governance Course at the Joint Vienna Institute -- Vienna, Austria -- April 16-18, 2008 The Role of Parliament in Curbing Corruption -- Vientiane, Laos -- March 24-25, 2008 Workshop on Access to Information, Media and Accountability in Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- March 6-7, 2008 Seminar on Parliaments and Financial Oversight: Tools and Mechanisms for Optimum Budget Analysis -- Accra, Ghana -- March 3-7, 2008 Effective Parliamentary Committee Inquiries Course -- Canberra, Australia -- February 11-15, 2007 3rd Residential Summer School for Parliamentary Public Accounts Committees & Effective Parliamentary Committee Inquiries Course -- February 3-13, 2007 Dialogue on Implementing the Local Government Provisions of the New Constitution in Thailand -- Bangkok, Thailand -- December 11-13, 2007 |
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