The Citizen Report Card (CRC)
The Citizen Report Card (CRC) is a simple but powerful tool to provide public agencies with systematic feedback from users of public services. By collecting feedback on the quality and adequacy of public services from actual users, CRC provides a rigorous basis and a proactive agenda for communities, civil society organization or local governments to engage in a dialogue with service providers to improve the delivery of public services.
The Paradox of India’s North-South Divide
The gap between the southern and northern states of India has widened significantly in recent years in terms of per capita income and poverty reduction. This monograph examines the factors underlying this phenomenon and divides them into proximate and foundational factors.
Enhancing Community-Centred Governance in Climate-Change affected areas
PAC launched this initiative to address the governance issues in the environment and climate change affected areas to improve the quality of life of the poor and marginalized sections of the communities in the environmentally affected areas of coastal, highland, semi-arid and arid regions in India.
Citizens Against Corruption (CAC)
Citizens Against Corruption (CAC) is a grant management programme implemented by PAC. It is supported by Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF), Washington D.C. CAC aims to fund initiatives by NGO and CSOs in South Asia that stimulate and facilitate citizens to fight against corruption. As designed by PAC and PTF, three pillars of logic supportand inform the programme: community engagement and empowerment, constructive engagement and peer learning.
Projects
Monitoring Expenditure and Outcomes To Improve Health Services For Urban Poor Women In Bangalore
With the support of International Budget Partnership (IBP), Participation Governance Research Group (PGRG) initiated a study on "Monitoring Expendit
State of India's Mid-Tier Cities
The State of India's Mid-Tier Cities is a major review of 4 Indian mid-tier cities – Vizag, Bhopal, Patna and Surat. The research will attempt to
Publications
The State of India's Public Services - Benchmarks for the New Millenium
At the dawn of the 21st millennium, PAC carried out a national study covering all the states of India to assess the state of India’s public services
Changing the Urban Face of Karnataka
This study has its genesis in a study Public Affairs Centre did for the Expenditure Reforms Commission, Government of Karnataka, on evaluation of thre
Latest Events
Book Release of "Fighting Corruption-The Way Forward"
June 01, 2013
Release of Green Manifesto for Karnataka
April 15, 2013
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