Accountability and transparency are evolving challenges to governance and public administration in a highly complex global governance system. It is a difficult challenge in the emerging economies due to a significant deficit in democratic policy and institutional effectiveness. Few will discount the seemingly insurmountable challenges emerging economies face, whether these be economic, social inequality or social transformation. In light of these issues, accountability has been compromised or even neglected. We no sooner settle on a prescription for redress of governance and behavioural deficits than conditions in the world around us change, necessitating yet another round of reflection, analysis and policy development. This introduction to the Special Issue summarises and highlights some of the most salient features of accountability, transparency and governance capability confronted by public administration systems in emerging economies. Countries are faced with the need to make choices about their institutions and their actions within the broader framework of improving service delivery within a highly internationalised public administration system. Choices are made based on capacity, history and politics. These issues are by their nature contentious and contested, and it is no bad thing that this should be so, because out of contest come lessons about future choices and actions.

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新兴国家的问责制和透明度：治理、民主潮流和变革

在高度复杂的全球治理体系中，问责制和透明度是治理和公共行政面临的不断变化的挑战。由于民主政策和制度有效性的严重不足，这对新兴经济体来说是一项艰巨的挑战。很少有人会忽视新兴经济体面临的看似无法克服的挑战，无论是经济、社会不平等还是社会转型。鉴于这些问题，问责制受到损害甚至被忽视。当我们周围世界的情况发生变化时，我们刚确定纠正治理和行为缺陷的处方，就需要又一轮的反思、分析和政策制定。特刊的介绍总结并强调了问责制的一些最显着特征，新兴经济体公共行政系统面临的透明度和治理能力。各国面临着在高度国际化的公共行政系统内改善服务提供的更广泛框架内对其机构和行动做出选择的需要。选择是基于能力、历史和政治做出的。这些问题本质上是有争议的和有争议的，应该如此并不是一件坏事，因为从竞争中吸取了关于未来选择和行动的教训。各国面临着在高度国际化的公共行政系统内改善服务提供的更广泛框架内对其机构和行动做出选择的需要。选择是基于能力、历史和政治做出的。这些问题本质上是有争议的和有争议的，应该如此并不是一件坏事，因为从竞争中吸取了关于未来选择和行动的教训。各国面临着在高度国际化的公共行政系统内改善服务提供的更广泛框架内对其机构和行动做出选择的需要。选择是基于能力、历史和政治做出的。这些问题本质上是有争议的和有争议的，应该如此并不是一件坏事，因为从竞争中吸取了关于未来选择和行动的教训。