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The demand and supply sides of accountability in local government authorities in Tanzania

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dc.creator Kessy, Ambrose T.
dc.date 2020-11-24T13:19:04Z
dc.date 2020-11-24T13:19:04Z
dc.date 2020
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T12:01:03Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T12:01:03Z
dc.identifier Kessy, A. T. (2020). The demand and supply sides of accountability in local government authorities in Tanzania. Public Integrity, 1-20.
dc.identifier DOI:10.1080/10999922.2020.1739361
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2552
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2552
dc.description Abstract. Full text article available at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10999922.2020.1739361?journalCode=mpin20
dc.description Accountability and transparency have been on the top of lists of the agenda about local governance. Unfortunately, a significant number of studies have tended to view accountability through the traditional model of public administration (supply side of accountability) at the expense of the demand side of accountability. Based on the experience with decentralization in Tanzania for the past four decades, this article argues that both the demand and supply sides are important for effective service delivery by local governments. In this arrangement, the fundamental principle of democracy is attained when citizens have the right to demand accountability and public officials are held accountable. The demand side, which is bottom up driven by non–state actors, or the supply side, which encompasses legal and fiscal governmental checks and balances may lead to effective local good governance. This article is based on these assumptions and therefore attempts to discuss the main avenues and challenges for exercising effective supply and demand sides of accountability in local governments in Tanzania. The study seeks to answer the question of how the demand and supply sides of accountability have been implemented in Tanzania, regarding local governments.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Tylor & Francis
dc.subject Accountability
dc.subject Demand side
dc.subject Social accountability
dc.subject Transparency
dc.subject Local governance
dc.subject Public administration
dc.subject Democracy
dc.subject Public officials
dc.subject Leadership
dc.subject Decentralization
dc.title The demand and supply sides of accountability in local government authorities in Tanzania
dc.type Article


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