Accountability
- Opportunities for collaboration over public accountability
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Civil society organisations play an increasingly important role in monitoring public accountability, including developing participatory auditory processes. Making the most of opportunities for collaboration with public audit institutions can help ensure that public expenditure remains democratic as well as accountable.
Latest Additions
- How to improve governance for NGOs in Zimbabwe
- ( M. Mukute;T. Marange / National Association of Non Governmental Organizations (NANGO) Zimbabwe , 2006)
- Given the prevailing highly competitive, global operating environment characterized by reduced donor support, the need for good governance is increasing. Worldwide, questions are being asked around is...
- Making partnerships work.
- ( S. Rochlin;S. Zadek;M. Forstater / AccountAbility , 2008)
- This report offers a framework for collaborative governance & accountability. The framework guides partnerships through four steps that enable partnership accountability and governance to drive su...
- Using human Rights instruments in Euro-Mediterranean relations
- ( M. Pace;M. Poulsen;S. Grenier / Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network , 2007)
- Part of a wider project aimed at strengthening the role of civil society in the Euromed region, this guide aims to facilitate civil society’s contribution to human rights promotion and protectio...
- The limitations of public accountability in Malaysia
- ( N. A. Siddiquee / International Public Management Review , 2006)
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Public accountability has become difficult to ensure. There are a variety of factors, often rooted in the politico-bureaucratic institutions that render accountability mechanisms largely ineffectiv...
- Using funding mechanisms to support accumulation of community assets
- ( R. Parhanse;I. Goldman / Khanya-aicd , 2008)
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Participatory approaches, decentralisation, and development of local capacity are now mainstream parts of the development toolkit. This policy briefing draws from emerging findings of a study about...
- How to tackle corruption in water and sanitation sector in Africa?
- ( J. Plummer;P Cross / UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program , 2007)
- This paper focuses on corruption in Africa’s water and sanitation sector (WSS). It describes through a framework of corrupt interactions among public, private, and consumer/civil society actors,...
- Understanding Sri Lankan government budget
- ( M Sarvananthan / Pathfinder Foundation , 2007)
- This briefing paper, prepared for the purpose of educating legislators in Sri Lanka on issues relating to their government budget, addresses the following questions:...
- State-sponsored political violence in Zimbabwe
- ( Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa , 2007)
- This report details the state-sponsored violence in Zimbabwe. It is based on the detailed testimony and medical examination of 24 individuals who were subjected to torture or political violence during...
- Accountability for new forms of regulation
- ( P. May / Blackwell Synergy , 2007)
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Like many aspects of governmental functions that have undergone reform over the past two decades, the traditional ways of achieving regulatory goals have given way to experimentation with a variety...
- Overview of the processes and outcomes of a selection of accountability mechanisms for Corporate Social Responsability
- ( C. Rees / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2007)
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This paper summarises a range of existing mechanisms to address complaints and for disputes resolution. These accountability mechanisms are ordered along a spectrum from judicial and quasi-judicial...
