Auditing for Social Change: A Strategy for Citizen Engagement in Public Sector Accountability (Economic & Social Affairs)

The United Nations has identified the need for enhanced partnerships between the public sector, private sector and civil society as an essential ingredient in the attainment of growth and sustainable economic development. The present publication explores how the audit process can be made more open and participatory and how audit can be used as a tool for citizen empowerment to hold the government to account. Contents......Page 4 Foreword......Page 6 Preface......Page 10 Findings and Recommendations......Page 12 Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 17 PART ONE: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES......Page 20 Auditing for Social Change in the Context of the Millennium Development Goals......Page 22 PART TWO: EXPERIENCES OF PARTICIPATORY AUDITING......Page 38 The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Auditing and Public Finance Management......Page 40 Audit and Legislative Oversight: Developing country perspective......Page 72 Auditing for Social Change: Learning from Civil Society initiatives......Page 96 Media and Audit: Strengthening Peoples' Right to Public Resource Management......Page 116 On Fulfilling the Accountability Purpose of Audit and Evaluation: Integrating Politics and Public Involvement......Page 134 ANNEXES......Page 162 I) Agenda and Point-form Summary......Page 164 II) Audit and Civil Society......Page 174 III) The Conflict between Auditing and Evaluation in Korea......Page 182 IV) Discussion on Themes & Presentations......Page 192 Suggested Reading......Page 210 Internet Resources......Page 216 Contributors......Page 218 Auditing for social change in the context of the millennium development goals / M. Adil Khan and Esther Stern The role of civil society organizations in auditing and public finance management / Warren Krafchik Audit and legislative oversight : developing country perspective / Vinod Sahgal Auditing for social change : learning from civil society initiatives / Samuel Paul Media and audit : strengthening peoples' right to public resource management / Mahfuz Anam On fulfilling the accountability purpose of audit and evaluaiton : integrating politics and public involvement / Eleanor Chelimsky Proceedings Suggested reading Internet resources Contributors. The United Nations has identified the need for enhanced partnerships between the public sector, private sector and civil society as an essential ingredient in the attainment of growth and sustainable economic development. This publication explores how the audit process can be made more open and participatory and how audit can be used as a tool for citizen empowerment to hold the government to account.--Publisher's description