Auditing for Social Change: A Strategy for Citizen Engagement in Public Sector Accountability

ST/ESA/PAD/SSER.E/75 Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Public Administration and Development Management Auditing for Social Change: A Strategy for Citizen Engagement in Public Sector Accountability Publication based on Expert Group Meeting/Capacity Development Workshop: Auditing for Social Change 6th Global Forum on Reinventing Government: Towards Participatory and Transparent Governance 26-27 May 2005, Seoul, Republic of Korea United Nations New York, 2007 DESA The Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat is a vital interface between global policies in the economic, social and environmental spheres and national action. The Department works in three main interlinked areas: (i) it compiles, generates and analyses a wide range of economic, social and environmental data and information on which States Members of the United Nations draw to review common problems and to take stock of policy options; (ii) it facilitates the negotiations of Member States in many intergovernmental bodies on joint course ofactiontoaddressongoingoremergingglobalchallenges;and(iii)itadvisesinterested Governments on the ways and means of translating policy frameworks developed in United Nations conferences and summits into programmes at the country level and, through technical assistance, helps build national capacities. Note The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitations of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed are those of the individual authors and do not imply any expression of opinion on the part of the United Nations. Enquiries concerning this publication may be directed to: Mr. Guido Bertucci Director Division for Public Administration and Development Management Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA Fax: (12) 963-9681 Email: bertucci@un.org ST/ESA/PAD/SSER.E/75 United Nations publication Copyright © United Nations, 2007 All rights reserved Printed by the United Nations, New York iii Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x FindingsandRecommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi AbbreviationsandAcronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi PARTONE: CONCEPTSANDISSUES AuditingforSocialChangeintheContextofthe MillenniumDevelopmentGoals M.AdilKhanandEstherStern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PARTTWO: EXPERIENCESOFPARTICIPATORYAUDITING TheRoleofCivilSocietyOrganizationsinAuditingand PublicFinanceManagement WarrenKrafchik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 AuditandLegislativeOversight: Developingcountryperspective VinodSahgal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 AuditingforSocialChange: LearningfromCivilSocietyinitiatives SamuelPaul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 MediaandAudit:StrengtheningPeoples’ Rightto PublicResourceManagement MahfuzAnam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 OnFulfillingtheAccountabilityPurposeofAuditandEvaluation: IntegratingPoliticsandPublicInvolvement EleanorChelimsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 ANNEXES Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 I) AgendaandPoint-formSummary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 II) AuditandCivilSociety Ho-BumPyun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 iv AuditingforSocialChange III) TheConflictbetweenAuditingandEvaluationinKorea HyankuKim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 IV) DiscussiononThemes&Presentations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 SuggestedReading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 InternetResources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 ... - tailieumienphi.vn