Rude Accountability: Informal Pressures on Frontline Bureaucrats in Bangladesh

Hossain, Naomi

doi:10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01663.x

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“…The study found higher levels of public goods provision in villages where solidarity groups that were 'encompassing' (open to everyone) and 'embedded' (incorporate local officials) were able to make local officials hold to their public obligations through informal sanction. Hossain (2010) reaches similar conclusions from a study in Bangladesh. She highlights that 'rude' forms of accountability -or forms of accountability that depend on the power of social norms and rules to influence and sanction official performance -were particularly salient because of the prestige and financial incentives associated with holding public office in the country.…”

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The Politics of What Works in Service Delivery: An Evidence-Based Review

Mcloughlin

Batley

2012

SSRN Journal

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This paper examines the evidence on the forms of politics likely to promote inclusive social provisioning and enable, as opposed to constrain, improvements in service outcomes. It focuses on eight relatively successful cases of delivery in a range of country contexts and sectors (roads, agriculture, health, education) where independent evaluations demonstrate improved outcomes. The paper traces the main characteristics of the political environment for these cases, from the national political context, to the politics of sector policymaking, to the micro politics of implementation. The findings indicate that it is possible to identify connections between good performance and better outcomes at the point of delivery and the main forms of politics operating at local, sector and national levels.A number of common factors underpinning successful delivery emerge strongly but need to be tested through further research. In particular, the paper highlights the relationship between inclusive delivery and: periods of crisis and transition;  the nature of the political settlement;  the types of calculations of political returns being made by political actors at all levels, and;  the extent to which the state derives or seeks to enhance its legitimacy through the provision of a particular service.

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The Politics of What Works in Service Delivery: An Evidence-Based Review

Mcloughlin

Batley

2012

SSRN Journal

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“…But while the role of top-down accountability comes out strongly in Rwanda and Ghana, in other cases there is evidence that a combination of top-down and bottom-up accountability can drive progress, as in Indonesia, where they worked in tandem but to different effect. The case studies therefore support the move in wider literature towards examining top-down and bottom-up accountability as complementary as opposed to being an 'either or' proposition (Joshi 2012).The cases also illustrate findings made elsewhere that pro-poor service provision might occur where forms of social accountability draw on moral reciprocity, are locally grounded, and build on a culture of participation (Booth 2011a;Hickey 2006;Hossain 2010). For example, the accountability of local leaders in the health sector in Bangladesh depended on the extent to which those leaders were 'embedded' in local networks of relationships between local authorities, citizen groups, and service providers.…”

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“…The cases also illustrate findings made elsewhere that pro-poor service provision might occur where forms of social accountability draw on moral reciprocity, are locally grounded, and build on a culture of participation (Booth 2011a;Hickey 2006;Hossain 2010). For example, the accountability of local leaders in the health sector in Bangladesh depended on the extent to which those leaders were 'embedded' in local networks of relationships between local authorities, citizen groups, and service providers.…”

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The Politics of Inclusive Development

Hickey

Sen²,

Bukenya³

2014

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes.You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ www.econstor.eu The Politics of Inclusive DevelopmentIt is now widely accepted that politics plays a signifi cant role in shaping the possibilities for inclusive development. However, the specifi c ways in which this happens across different types and forms of development, and in different contexts, remains poorly understood. This collection provides a stateof-the-art review regarding what is currently known about the politics of inclusive development. Leading academics offer systematic reviews of how politics shapes development across multiple dimensions, including through growth, natural resource governance, poverty reduction, service delivery, social protection, justice systems, the empowerment of marginalised groups, and the role of both traditional and non-traditional donors. The volume not only provides a comprehensive update but also a ground-breaking range of new directions for thinking and acting around these issues. The book's originality thus derives not only from the wide scope of its case-study material, but also from the new conceptual approaches it offers for thinking about the politics of inclusive development, and the innovative and practical suggestions for donors, policy makers, and practitioners that fl ow from this. 1 The Politics of Inclusive DevelopmentInterrogating the Evidence Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. First Edition published 2015 First published in paperback 2016This book is dedicated both to the future of our latest arrivals, Noah Jem, Shawn Michael, and Matthew Francis, and ForewordThe Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Centre strives to create knowledge that contributes to making states more effective and committed to achieving social justice. This is a grand goal but our partners...

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“…Evidence emerging from Africa is also disappointing (Bland, 2011;Booth, 2011;Gaventa & McGee, 2010;. 8 Even two impressive accounts of informal, bottom-up accountability concede that it is at best a weak substitute for properly functioning formal accountability (Hossain, 2010;Tsai, 2007: 371).…”

Section: Control and Voice In Service Deliverymentioning

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Can Top-Down and Bottom-Up be Reconciled? Electoral Competition and Service Delivery in Malaysia

McCourt

2012

World Development

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Rude Accountability: Informal Pressures on Frontline Bureaucrats in Bangladesh

Cited by 56 publications

References 39 publications

The Politics of What Works in Service Delivery: An Evidence-Based Review

The Politics of What Works in Service Delivery: An Evidence-Based Review

The Politics of Inclusive Development

Can Top-Down and Bottom-Up be Reconciled? Electoral Competition and Service Delivery in Malaysia

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