A well-functioning public sector that delivers quality public services consistent with citizen preferences and that fosters private market-led growth while managing fiscal resources prudently is considered critical to the World Bank’s mission of poverty alleviation and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. This important new series aims to advance those objectives by disseminating conceptual guidance and lessons from practices and by facilitating learning from one another’s experiences on ideas and practices that promote responsive (by matching public services with citizens’ preferences), responsible (through efficiency and equity in service provision without undue fiscal and social risk), and accountable (to citizens for all actions) public governance in developing countries | PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY SERIES LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THE WORLD BANK Edited by ANWAR SHAH LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCIAL .
