This document provides a summary of the book "Performance Accountability and Combating Corruption" edited by Anwar Shah. The book contains 417 pages and was published in 2007 by the World Bank. It includes chapters on performance-based accountability in public services, e-government, networks and collaboration, legal frameworks, tailoring anti-corruption efforts to specific contexts, corruption in tax administration, and tools for public sector evaluations. The introduction discusses budgeting, local public financial management, and citizen-centered governance. The author Anwar Shah is a lead economist at the World Bank Institute who has worked on issues of governance, corruption, and public finance.