caa a22 4500 606223215 CHVBK 20210128101137.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11115-014-0275-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11115-014-0275-x The Role of Social Accountability in Poverty Alleviation Programs in Developing Countries: An Analysis with Reference to Bangladesh [Elektronische Daten] [Abu Sarker, Mohammad Rahman] In spite of different approaches being experimented over the past six decades, poverty alleviation programs in the developing world have largely failed to improve poverty situation. Of all the factors responsible for the growing trend of poverty, the accountability of public officials remains an intriguing one. The relative ineffectiveness of conventional accountability mechanisms has given rise to social accountability practices. This paper aims to explore the terrain of social accountability and its role in poverty alleviation programs in Bangladesh. The paper argues that despite the great potentials, social accountability mechanisms work with difficulties in Bangladesh owing to contemporary socio-economic and political realities. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Social accountability nationallicence Poverty alleviation nationallicence Developing countries nationallicence Bangladesh nationallicence Sarker Abu Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates aut Rahman Mohammad Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, PO Box 72229, Dubai, United Arab Emirates aut Public Organization Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/2(2015-06-01), 317-333 1566-7170 15:2<317 2015 15 11115 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-014-0275-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-014-0275-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sarker Abu Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rahman Mohammad Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, PO Box 72229, Dubai, United Arab Emirates aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Organization Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/2(2015-06-01), 317-333 1566-7170 15:2<317 2015 15 11115