Community monitoring interventions to curb corruption and increase access and quality in service delivery: a systematic review

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 462-499

  Molina, Ezequiel ^a   Carella, Laura ^b   Pacheco, Ana ^b   Cruces, Guillermo ^b   Gasparini, Leonardo ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Community monitoring; community based; corruption; education; service delivery; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CORRUPTION; EDUCATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MONITORING; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 85030174654     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2017.1378243     Document Type: Article

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