TY - BOOK AU - Hoque,Zahirul TI - Making governments accountable : the role of public accounts committees and national audit offices T2 - Routledge critical studies in public management SN - 9781138783584 AV - HJ9733 .M45 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Finance, Public KW - Accounting KW - Case studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction and context -- Public accountability : the role of the auditor general in legislative oversight -- Partnering with the auditor-general's office to improve the effectiveness of a public accounts committee : an auditor-general's perspective -- Government accountability in Sri Lanka : the roles of parliamentary oversight committees and auditor general's office -- Parliamentarians' relations with the auditor general of Canada during Sheila Fraser's mandate (2001-2011) -- Danish public sector performance audit : an SAI and PAC Tango -- Public accounts committees in Europe -- The public accounts committee of the House of Commons -- In the absence of a public accounts committee : the Swedish experience -- Public accounts committees in Australia and the Pacific -- Pragmatism, black letter law and Australian public accounts committees -- Making a public accounts committee effective : a chair's perspective from the state of New South Wales, Australia -- Public accounts committees in the Pacific : a PEFA perspective -- Public accounts committees in Asian regions -- The development of public accounts committees of Bangladesh's parliament : an overview -- The role of the public accounts committee in enhancing government accountability in Malaysia -- Responses to public accounts committee of India : a textual analysis -- Promoting public sector accountability in Indonesia : an historical overview 15. the public accounts committees in Thailand : a short note -- Public accounts committees in African regions -- Evolution and effectiveness of the Kenyan public accounts committee -- Strengthening PACS in small parliaments : perspectives from the Caribbean ER -