Improving Governance Through Enhanced Citizen Engagement: The Case of Malaysia

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Shahridan Faiez Bin Mohideen Abdul Kader

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Vijayendra Rao

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

Date Written: June 1, 2019

Abstract

Malaysia has focused on civil service reforms to improve the efficiency of public service delivery. This Research and Policy Brief argues that this method needs to be supplemented with an approach that makes officials more directly accountable to citizens. Improving governance by engaging citizens and strengthening local institutions is a policy implication that has lessons not only for Malaysia, but also for other countries around the world.

Keywords: Economics and Finance of Public Institution Development, Local Government, Regional Governance, Social Accountability, Inequality, De Facto Governments, Democratic Government, Public Sector Administrative & Civil Service Reform, Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform, Educational Sciences

Suggested Citation

Abdul Kader, Shahridan Faiez Bin Mohideen and Rao, Vijayendra, Improving Governance Through Enhanced Citizen Engagement: The Case of Malaysia (June 1, 2019). World Bank Research and Policy Briefs No. 138279, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3586629

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