How can accountability deficits be addressed in innovative ways in the face of weak and ineffective formal state institutions? This paper analyses the role of civil society organizations in improving accountability by increasing transparency in...

This manual is a knowledge product of the project “Monitoring and Improving Service Delivery of LGUs using Government Watch (G-Watch) as a Social Accountability Tool,” implemented in Naga City, Dumaguete City, Puerto Princesa City, Island Garden City...

This guidebook has no intention of drowning you in an ocean of pessimism. It is designed to he l l p you understand that virtually anyone can contribute in preventing corruption. It serves as an instrument that will teach you how to participate in...

Corruption in public procurement has become a major issue in the Asia-Pacific region as elsewhere in the world. As a result of corruption, private mansions are being built instead of bridges; swimming pools are dug instead of irrigation systems...

For the third time, G-Watch of the Ateneo School of Government served as the national coordinator for the civil society participation in the Textbook Count: National Textbook Delivery Program. With support from the Partnership for Transparency Fund...

This resource book distills seven years of Government Watch’s experience in monitoring government agencies. In those seven years, G-Watch monitored the Departments of Health, Social Welfare and Development, Education, Public Works and Highways, and...

The 2001 Global corruption report concentrates on events in the period July 2000 to June 2001. It is based on Transparency International's definition of corruption as the misuse of entrusted power for private gain. This includes both public and...