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Browsing Research Articles (School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA)) by Subject "Accountability"
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(Virtus Interpress, 2021)South African state-owned enterprises (SOEs) form a critical cog in the state machinery. The significance of sound corporate governance has become more pronounced as citizens demand more accountability and value in the use ...
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(South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2008-12)It is argued in this article that audit committees are key contributors to improved corporate governance in the public sector. Management in the public sector is increasingly required to ensure that an effective system ...
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(Wiley, 2022-07)Using a qualitative study of Indigenous public servants in Canada and Australia, this article helps open the “black box” of bureaucratic representation. Findings dispel any idea that active representation is unproblematic ...
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(South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2008-06)Citizen participation is acknowledged in the governance and development discourse, as a mechanism for building capacity in the rural poor in the quest for poverty reduction and good governance. This article synthesizes recent ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2018-03)This article aims to contextualise the status of bureaucratic corruption as well as certain transparency and accountability mechanisms adopted by the Botswana public service to curb corruption. The article is structured ...
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(Virtus Interpress, 2022)The government of South Africa uses citizens’ tax money to procure products to meet citizens’ needs (Fourie, 2009) in areas such as education, health, road safety, and transportation. Having public service officials who ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-11)BACKGROUND : Municipal councillors have a statutory and moral obligation to perform an oversight function over all municipal functions and ensure that suitable corrective measures are taken to deepen local democracy. AIM ...
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(African Consortium of Public Administration, 2014-12)Service delivery, poverty reduction and economic development and sustainability depend on the availability of money and the ability to use it effectively, which requires good financial management. Financial management ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-12)BACKGROUND : Many developing countries are experiencing many financial management and control challenges such as corruption, fraud and misappropriation of public funds. In South Africa, municipalities are among the most ...
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(African Consortium of Public Administration, 2012-12)In their endeavour to achieve sustainable development, developing states face serious challenges in public governance, particularly in general and public finance management. This article focuses on the problems of holding ...
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(Routledge, 2024)IMPACT : The authors explain why municipal capacity should be significantly improved for the successful implementation of audit recommendations by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA). Municipalities need robust ...
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(South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2008-12)Canada and New Zealand are recognised as leaders in implementing restitution programmes. Both countries saw fundamental changes in government policy shaped by the 1973 Calder decision and the Treaty of Waitangi Act, ...
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(South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2015-12)Legislation is an important element in ensuring accountability and transparency in the utilisation of public funds. However, as reflected in the State of the Public Service Report (2010 and published every five years), ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2019)This paper examines the institutional management of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in Botswana. We analyse the often contested roles of the state and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) ...
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(Inderscience, 2021)Data for the research was drawn from documentary evidence and primary interviews with municipal officials, elected officials and local citizens. The study concluded that though the municipality is conscious of the need for ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2021-09)To institutionalise performance management and accountability in municipalities, the South African government has managed to develop regulations and strategies to guide the development of the municipalities’ performance ...
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(South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2008-10)Developing country governments are struggling to meet the basic needs and demands of citizens, and especially so for the rural poor. With tightly constrained budgets, these governments have followed the lead of developed ...
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(Routledge, 2017)Public sectors all over the world face challenges and, thus far, public sector reforms have not been very successful. The public sector, as a key component of any economy, needs to address its challenges adequately to ...
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(South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2003-12)The existence of bureaucratic power cannot be overstated in the public sector. It is also important to note that the irresponsible exercise of that power arouses public concern. This article examines the responsibility ...
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(South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2007-11)As the public sector character and attributes continue to evolve globally, the notion of accountability is identified as the pivot, around which effective public management and good governance revolve. This has followed ...
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