Corporate Social Accountability in Developing Countries:

The Case for Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries

© 2007 Center for Business Ethics at Bentley College. Published by Blackwell Publishing, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA, and 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK. Blackwell Publishing Inc M lden, USA ASR usiness and Society Review 0045-3609 © 2007 Ce ter f r Busin ss Ethics at Bentley College 11 Origi al Article U INES and SOCIETY REVIEW DIMA JAM LI The Case for Strategic Corporate ...

Corporate Accountability

Decentralisation and Accountability in Infrastructure Delivery in Developing Countries*

Many developing countries are experimenting with decentralisation of public service delivery to elected local governments instead of bureaucrats appointed by a central government. We study the resulting implications in a theoretical model in which the central government is uninformed about local need and unable to monitor service allocations. Bureaucrats charge bribes for services as monopoly p...

Decentralization and Accountability in Infrastructure Delivery in Developing Countries

We examine implications of delegating delivery of an infrastructure service to an elected local government rather than bureaucrats appointed by a central government. The latter is uninformed about local need and unable to monitor service allocations. Bureaucrats charge bribes for services as monopoly providers, resulting in underprovision of services, especially for the poor. Local governments ...

Social Issues in Developing Countries