DAC Guidelines and Reference Series : Orientations and Principles for Development.

Foreword
 Acknowledgements
 Table of contents
 Acronyms and abbreviations
 Executive summary
 Part I --
Orientations on development co-operation, accountability and democratic gover
 Chapter 1. The role of accountability in promoting good governance
 Introduction
 What is the role of development co-operation in domestic accountability?
 Notes
 References
 Chapter 2. Considering the political dimension, getting traction and achieving results
 Instruments and approaches to support domestic accountability: What can be improved?
 The need to understand the local political economy. Imposing \"best practices\" on developing country contextsReferences
 Chapter 3. Taking a systems-wide approach to accountability in developing countries
 Towards a systems-wide approach
 Implications of systems-wide approaches for policy and practice
 References
 Chapter 4. Ensuring development co-operation helps rather than hinders accountability
 How to avoid skewing accountability in developing countries?
 The links between aid and taxation in strengthening citizen-state relations
 Ensuring effective aid delivery
 Managing risk and achieving results
 Note
 References. Chapter 5. Conclusions and strategic orientations to improve support to accountabilityBase support on realism and a political economy analysis
 Take a systems approach to programme design
 Monitor and evaluate risks and results
 Part II --
Principles for assistance to accountability actors and institutions: Elections, political parties, the media, parliament and revenue matters
 Chapter 6. Introduction to principles for assistance to accountability
 Chapter 7. Principles for international electoral assistance
 Preamble
 Principles for international electoral assistance. Draft action plan for further elaborating the principlesChapter 8. Principles for political party assistance
 Roles of political parties in democracy and development
 Common shortcomings of political parties
 The party aid domain
 Principles for political party assistance
 Reference
 Chapter 9. Principles for media assistance
 Context
 Media and accountability in the democratic public sphere
 The media, domestic accountability, and the role of development assistance
 Evidence
 Challenges
 Strategic principles for media assistance
 Notes
 References. Chapter 10. Principles for parliamentary assistanceParliaments and domestic accountability
 Traditional international assistance to parliaments
 The next phase of support to parliaments
 Principles for parliamentary assistance
 References
 Chapter 11. Principles for supporting developing countries in revenue matters
 Preamble
 The principles for international engagement in revenue matters
 Note
 References
 Annex A --
Recommendations from case studies in Mali, Mozambique, Peru and Uganda
 Insights from Mali: Improving accountability support to education and decentralisation.