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Local Accountability

Local Accountability is a principle of democratic governance whereby locally situated public officials and governing bodies are obligated to explain and justify their decisions, actions, and use of public resources to local constituents and, where relevant, higher tiers of government, and can be rewarded or sanctioned through institutionalized mechanisms such as elections, oversight procedures, and participatory forums.

596

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30.7K

Citations

994

Authors

468

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

170

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Children

Publications

596

Corruption

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1993 · 3.7K citations

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Selective Policy Implementation in Rural China

Kevin J. O’Brien, Lianjiang Li · Comparative Politics · 1999 · 598 citations · Full text

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Solidary Groups, Informal Accountability, and Local Public Goods Provision in Rural China

American Political Science Review · 2007 · 590 citations

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Decentralisation, participation and accountability in Sahelian forestry: legal instruments of political-administrative control

Jesse Ribot · Africa · 1999 · 420 citations

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NGO Accountability: A Conceptual Framework

Adil Najam · Development Policy Review · 1996 · 400 citations

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1–5 of 596

Authors

994

  1. SY
    Serdar Yılmaz

    World Bank, United States

    7 publications · 333 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. LF
    Laurence Ferry

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 434 citations

    7

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  3. DM
    Dilip Mookherjee

    Boston University, United States

    4 publications · 453 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. JR
    Jesse Ribot

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    4 publications · 753 citations

    4

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  5. RK
    Ron Kluvers

    Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

    4 publications · 164 citations

    4

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1–5 of 994

Institutions

468

  1. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    836 citations

  2. World Bank

    Washington, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    931 citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    361 citations

  4. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    860 citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    406 citations

  6. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    223 citations

  7. Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    459 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    1.2K citations

1–8 of 468

Venues

  1. Local Government Studies

    25 publications · 985 citations

    19

    h-index

  2. Public Administration and Development

    12 publications · 1K citations

    11

    h-index

  3. Financial Accountability and Management

    FAM · 10 publications · 554 citations

    10

    h-index

  4. International Journal of Public Administration

    IJPA · 9 publications · 242 citations

    9

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  5. Australian Journal of Public Administration

    AJPA · 8 publications · 303 citations

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