Accountability of local government authorities: A developing economy perspective

Government Finances and Economic Growth: a Policy Perspective on the Developing Economy of Sri Lanka

In this paper, we analyse the fiscal policy orientation of the developing economy of Sri Lanka in the context of the growth performance of the economy during the period 1975-2000, using an integrated input-output and macroeconometric model. The paper draws upon the Government’s policy approach towards faster economic growth. The empirical findings show that the Government’s budget deficits are ...

Open Government Portals Assessment: A Transparency for Accountability Perspective

Dataset portals such as Data.gov and Data.uk.gov have become flagship initiatives of open government and open data strategies. These portals aim to fulfill the open government objectives of promoting re-use of public sector information to develop new products and services, and increasing transparency for public officials’ accountability. This work focus on the latter and its aim is to propose a...

Investigating Enterprise Application Integration Adoption in the Local Government Authorities

A Framework for Developing Local E-government

The paper proposes a framework for developing local e-government. The framework is based on software engineering discipline and its real practice. The framework suggests four perspectives that need to be considered: stakeholders, business drivers, technology drivers, and methodology. It provides a guideline of what to consider in order to set up local e-government in an appropriate direction. I...

Presidentialism and Accountability for the Economy in Comparative Perspective

T o what extent do the institutions of presidentialism allow voters to hold governments accountable? Powell and Whitten (1993) suggested that voter capacity to sanction is strong when “clarity of government responsibility” for outcomes is clear, and vice versa. I argue that clarity of responsibility functions differently under presidentialism and that presidentialism generates particular forms ...