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Turning old problems into new problems: the role of young citizens in improving accountability in education in Malawi and Kenya

Accountability is increasingly recognised as the key mediating variable that encourages service providers to deliver efficient and effective local services. In the context of education, accountability strategies do not always explicitly consider...

Porter, Caitlin

2013
Educational corruption in Kenya's Free Primary Education Program

Providing free primary education (FPE) and ending corruption were key election pledges made by former President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya during his inaugural speech on December 30, 2002. Although FPE is being implemented to achieve universal primary...

Odero, Jared O.

2013
Research and investigation into corruption and control of corruption in the higher education sector

Corruption in higher education has become an important form of corruption in contemporary China. This research is built on the basis of a questionnaire-based investigation into the following three groups: cadres in higher education, students in...

UNDP

2013
Audit condemns management at elite Paris institute

13.10.2012 France

Press

Jane Marshall - University World News

The financial management of the elite Institute of Political Studies in Paris has been strongly criticized in an official report that found evidence of exorbitant bonuses, absence of controls and waste of public funds. The report revealed a chaotic management that consisted more of "little deals between friends than a serious administration of public funds".
North Dakota Board of Higher Education tightens policies for international students

15.05.2012 USA

Press

Teri Finneman - Bakken Today

The State Board of Higher Education is working to tighten admission policies for international students after an audit found some Chinese student transcripts submitted to Dickinson State University were fakes.
How to buy a fake degree

29.11.2011 UK

Video

Mail&Guardian -

A Mail and Guardian reporter reveals the growing trend of fake degrees through her investigation. More specifically, Ashford University and Belford University offer life experience degrees, where qualifications can be obtained solely through the payment of a fee, without any training or studying required. These documents are available online and are being included on CVs across all levels of the employment sector.
A Practical guide to social audit as a participatory tool to strengthen democratic governance, transaprency and accountability

This Practical Guide analyzes social auditing experiences around the world and extracts important lessons to provide practical guidance to those who wish to consider support for social audit initiatives. It examines the required elements for the...

Berthin, Gerardo

Panama, UNDP, 2011
Presenting Transparency International's Africa Education Watch report

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

Video

Transparency International - Transparency International

A survey conducted by Transparency International in Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda covered 8.500 parents, head teachers, heads of Parent Teacher Associations and district education officers. The reports show a lack of budgetary information in school and call for strengthening school financial regulations, clarifying responsibilities, empowering school committees, and engaging with school communities and parents.
Guide to transparency in government budget reports: why are budget reports important, and what should they include?

Governments are increasingly responding to internal and external calls to increase the level of transparency in their public budget processes and systems as a way to manage public resources more efficiently and effectively so as to better respond to...

Ramkumar, Vivek, Shapiro, Isaac

Washington, D.C., International Budget Partnership (IBP), 2010
Making government anti-corruption hotlines effective

Anti-corruption hotlines provide a key channel for governments to receive complaints from individuals who have come into contact with or been victims of corruption. Increasingly, hotlines are being valued as a channel for citizen redress and as a...

Transparency International

Berlin, Transparency International, 2009

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