Political Accountability and Development in the Third World

Abstract

Social scientists have done a substantial amount of work on the causes and problems of development in Africa and other parts of the developing world. Literature on the deficiencies and proposed remedies of Third World accounting has burgeoned in the past generation. During this same period, the boundaries of accounting have been expanded beyond the traditional stewardship function to embrace the broader political and socioeconomic concerns of society. However, the interaction between accountability, politics, and the dynamic structures and trends in socioeconomic development is a subject which is rarely broached in the literature. Africa is focused on as an example of a Third World region to illuminate the interaction between politics, accountability, and development literature in social sciences and accounting.

Citation

Ghartey, J.B. (1990), "Political Accountability and Development in the Third World", International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513559010138497