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In Uganda, an Internet application to track down corruption

25.09.2014 Uganda

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AFP -

This tool, called "Action for Transparency", provides data on budget allocations to schools and health centres. The application's website provides a platform for the community to easily denounce acts of corruption.
Presenting Transparency International's Africa Education Watch report

10.03.2010 Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda

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Transparency International - Transparency International

A survey conducted by Transparency International in Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda covered different actors in the education system. The reports highlight the lack of budget information in schools and call for strengthened regulation and accountability, as well as greater involvement of school communities and parents.
Africa Education Watch 2010: Good governance lessons for primary education

This report presents a regional overview of accountability and transparency in primary education management in seven African countries. It has been produced within the framework of Africa Education Watch (AEW). AEW is a three year programme (2007...

Transparency International

Berlin, Transparency Maroc, 2010
UPE is primarily meant for poor families

24.03.2009 Uganda

Press

Ofwono Opondo - New Vision

The President has denied the claim of schools to charge monetary lunch fee for pupils under the Universal Primary Education (UPE), arguing that this program was conceived for poor families that could not afford additional fees. Besides, he declared that the pay of un-necessary amounts of money will create additional barriers to the free UPE as the ones that already exist; expensive uniforms, books, tours and others items.
Making the budget work for education: experiences, achievements and lessons learned from civil society budget work

Budgets can be complex documents. Many people feel intimidated by budget work, assuming that it requires very technical skills. But budget work can be straightforward. Using basic arithmetic, civil society can use budget information to talk in...

Claasen, Mario

London, CEF, 2008
Putting the power of transparency in context: information's role in reducing corruption in Uganda's education sector

One popular story told (and taught) is how corruption was slashed in Uganda simply by publicly disclosing the amount of monthly grants to schools by informing the public of how much money was supposed to go where, the government was less able to...

Hubbard, Paul

Washington D.C., Center for Global Development, 2007
Governance in education: transparency and accountability

Hallak Jacques, Muriel Poisson

2006 427p.
Fighting corruption to improve schooling: evidence from a newspaper campaign in Uganda

What are the most effective ways to increase primary school enrolment and student learning? This paper argues that innovations in governance of social services may yield the highest return since social service delivery in developing countries is...

Reinikka, Ritva, Svensson, Jakob

2005
Mbale Schools Cited in Graft

07.03.2003 Uganda

Press

- All Africa

Contractors hired to build schools in Mbale district have accused primary school management committees of demanding bribes before releasing funds under the school facilitation grant programme.
Local capture and the political economy of school financing

This paper describes and analyses the results of an innovative survey tool to gauge the extent to which public resources actually filter down to the intended end-user. It focuses on one of the key public programs in education in Uganda, a per student...

Reinikka, Ritva, Svensson, Jakob

Washington D.C., World Bank, 2002

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