Redressing Grievances and Complaints Regarding Basic Service Delivery [electronic resource] / Varun Gauri
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2011Description: 1 online resource (28 p.)Subject(s): Administrative Law | Basic Services | Corruption & Anticorruption Law | Governance | Governance Indicators | Health Monitoring & Evaluation | Law and Development | Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures | Public Sector Development | Public Sector RegulationAdditional physical formats: Gauri, Varun.: Redressing Grievances and Complaints Regarding Basic Service Delivery.Online resources: Click here to access online Abstract: Redress procedures are important for basic fairness. In addition, they can help address principal-agent problems in the implementation of social policies and provide information to policy makers regarding policy design. To function effectively, a system of redress requires a well-designed and inter-linked supply of redress procedures as well as, especially if rights consciousness is not well-developed in a society, a set of organizations that stimulate and aggregate demand for redress. On the supply side, this paper identifies three kinds of redress procedures: administrative venues within government agencies, independent institutions outside government departments, and courts. On the demand side, the key institutions are nongovernmental organizations/civil society organizations and the news media, both of which require a receptive political and economic climate to function effectively. Overall, procedures for redressing grievances and complaints regarding basic service delivery are under-developed in many countries, and deserve further analysis, piloting, and support.Redress procedures are important for basic fairness. In addition, they can help address principal-agent problems in the implementation of social policies and provide information to policy makers regarding policy design. To function effectively, a system of redress requires a well-designed and inter-linked supply of redress procedures as well as, especially if rights consciousness is not well-developed in a society, a set of organizations that stimulate and aggregate demand for redress. On the supply side, this paper identifies three kinds of redress procedures: administrative venues within government agencies, independent institutions outside government departments, and courts. On the demand side, the key institutions are nongovernmental organizations/civil society organizations and the news media, both of which require a receptive political and economic climate to function effectively. Overall, procedures for redressing grievances and complaints regarding basic service delivery are under-developed in many countries, and deserve further analysis, piloting, and support.
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