From de-jure to de-facto : Mapping Dimensions and Sequences of Accountability

Accountability is one of the cornerstones of good governance. Establishing accountable institutions is a top priority on the international development agenda. Yet, scholars and democracy practitioners know little about how accountability...

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Main Authors:	Staffan I. Lindberg, Anna Lührmann, Valeriya Mechkova
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT FINANCE GROWTH POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/324501487592445304/Mapping-dimensions-and-sequences-of-accountability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26212

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spelling	okr-10986-262122021-05-25T08:57:55Z From de-jure to de-facto : Mapping Dimensions and Sequences of Accountability Staffan I. Lindberg Anna Lührmann Valeriya Mechkova GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT FINANCE GROWTH POLICY Accountability is one of the cornerstones of good governance. Establishing accountable institutions is a top priority on the international development agenda. Yet, scholars and democracy practitioners know little about how accountability mechanisms develop and thus can be supported by international and national actors. The present study tackles the questions of how, and in what order accountability mechanisms develop. We consider not only vertical and horizontal, but also diagonal accountability mechanisms (active civil society organizations and independent media) in both their de-jure and the de-facto dimensions. By utilizing novel sequencing methods, we study their sequential relationships in 173 countries from 1900 to the present with data from the new V-Dem dataset. Considering the long-term dimensions of institution building, this study indicates that most aspects of de-facto vertical accountability precede other forms of accountability. Effective institutions of horizontal accountability – such as vigorous parliaments and independent high courts – evolve rather late in the sequence and build on progress in many other areas. 2017-03-06T23:16:38Z 2017-03-06T23:16:38Z 2017-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/324501487592445304/Mapping-dimensions-and-sequences-of-accountability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26212 English en_US World Development Report Background Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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spellingShingle	GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT FINANCE GROWTH POLICY Staffan I. Lindberg Anna Lührmann Valeriya Mechkova From de-jure to de-facto : Mapping Dimensions and Sequences of Accountability
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description	Accountability is one of the cornerstones of good governance. Establishing accountable institutions is a top priority on the international development agenda. Yet, scholars and democracy practitioners know little about how accountability mechanisms develop and thus can be supported by international and national actors. The present study tackles the questions of how, and in what order accountability mechanisms develop. We consider not only vertical and horizontal, but also diagonal accountability mechanisms (active civil society organizations and independent media) in both their de-jure and the de-facto dimensions. By utilizing novel sequencing methods, we study their sequential relationships in 173 countries from 1900 to the present with data from the new V-Dem dataset. Considering the long-term dimensions of institution building, this study indicates that most aspects of de-facto vertical accountability precede other forms of accountability. Effective institutions of horizontal accountability – such as vigorous parliaments and independent high courts – evolve rather late in the sequence and build on progress in many other areas.
format	Working Paper
author	Staffan I. Lindberg Anna Lührmann Valeriya Mechkova
author_facet	Staffan I. Lindberg Anna Lührmann Valeriya Mechkova
author_sort	Staffan I. Lindberg
title	From de-jure to de-facto : Mapping Dimensions and Sequences of Accountability
title_short	From de-jure to de-facto : Mapping Dimensions and Sequences of Accountability
title_full	From de-jure to de-facto : Mapping Dimensions and Sequences of Accountability
title_fullStr	From de-jure to de-facto : Mapping Dimensions and Sequences of Accountability
title_full_unstemmed	From de-jure to de-facto : Mapping Dimensions and Sequences of Accountability
title_sort	from de-jure to de-facto : mapping dimensions and sequences of accountability
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/324501487592445304/Mapping-dimensions-and-sequences-of-accountability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26212
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