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Doing Public Good? - Private Actors, Evaluation, and Public Value

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Informationen zum Autor R. Pablo Guerrero O. is the Network Director of the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency, a multi-stakeholder action network to advance fiscal transparency, public participation and accountability in countries around the world. He was a founding Commissioner of the Federal Institute for Access to Information & Data Protection in Mexico (2002-2009), where he subsequently was the Secretary General (2013-14). Between 2009 and 2013, he was the manager of the Mentoring Governments for Transparency Program at the International Budget Partnership. Before 2003, he was a university professor at the CIDE (Center for Research & Teaching in Economics) in Mexico (1994-2003) specialized in public administration reform for accountability, anticorruption and fiscal transparency. He started his career as news reporter and correspondent in Washington & Paris, where he studied master and PhD programs in public policy (SAIS-Johns Hopkins University and Sciences-Po). Klappentext This book examines the contributions of non-public organizations, such as foundations, philanthropies, charities, non-governmental organizations, private businesses, and entrepreneurs to public goods and services. Zusammenfassung This book examines the contributions of non-public organizations, such as foundations, philanthropies, charities, non-governmental organizations, private businesses, and entrepreneurs to public goods and services. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, Ray C. Rist Preface, R. Pablo Guerrero O. and Peter Wilkins Part I: Concepts, Questions, and Context 1 The Provision and Evaluation of Public Services by Nonpublic Actors: Concepts and Questions Andrew Gray 2 Three Models of Doing Good: Recognizing the Implications of Delivering Behavior Change and System Transformation Tom Ling 3 Philanthropy, the State, and Public Goods Tobias Jung and Jenny Harrow Part II: Cases 4 Accountability for the Public Policy Contribution of Not-for-Profit Organizations: Who is Accountable to Whom, and for What? Peter Wilkins and David Gilchrist 5 Achieving Results for Private Actors in Africa Per oyvind Bastoe and Elizabeth M. White 6 The Rise of Indigenous African Foundations/ Philanthropies and their Development Impact Andrew O. Asibey 7 How Accountable Are Charitable Organizations: An Empirical Study of International Children's Aid Organizations David Kirsch and Robert Schwartz 8 The Provision of Public Goods and Services by Socially Oriented Entrepreneurs: Experiences of Indian Health Care Andrew Gray and Rosalind Miller 9 Social Impact Bonds: The Role of Evaluation David Gilchrist and Peter Wilkins 10 Being Good, but Doing Good?: The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Role in the Provision of Safe Water Supply in Africa R. Pablo Guerrero O. 11 Reframing "Doing Good": A Canadian Case Study Pearl Eliadis Part III: Conclusions 12 Conclusions Donald Lemaire Contributors Index ...

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