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Confronting corruption in education: advancing accountable practices through budget monitoring

Education budget work conducted by civil society is a powerful way of holding governments accountable to their citizens, and drawing attention to corruption in the education system. This brief discusses the relevance of civil society budget work for...

Turrent, Victoria

Bergen, Chr. Michelsen Institute, 2009
Citizen's voice and accountability: Understanding what works and doesn't work in donor approaches

A recent joint donor evaluation aimed to deepen understanding of what works and what does not work in donor support to Citizens Voice and Accountability interventions, and to uncover the reasons why. This Policy Brief summarises the Synthesis report...

London, Overseas Development Institute, 2009
Corruption and human rights: making the connection

What impact does corruption have on enjoyment of human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights? When can human rights principles and tools help to curb and prevent corruption? In recent years, governments, NGOs and international...

International Council on Human Rights Policy, Transparency International

Geneva, ICHRP, 2009
Approaches to teaching and learning about corruption in the health sector

Training and education programmes which deal with the topic of corruption and health can help change the way people approach their jobs as public administrators or development agency workers, and increase transparency and accountability. This U4...

Vian, Taryn

Bergen, Chr. Michelsen Institute, 2009
Education bill to improve safety and accountability in New Zealand

08.09.2008 New Zealand

Press

Chris Carter - United Nations Public Administration Network

The Education Amendment Bill proposes the creation of an information matching programme which will allow the identification of teachers who are teaching without a current practicing certificate or authorization. In addition the Bill provides greater clarity to school boards of trustees on their roles, and increases flexibility around timing of board elections, the establishment of boards and alternative board constitutions.
Need and greed: corruption risks, perceptions and prevention in humanitarian assistance

Humanitarian assistance injects valuable resources into resource-poor and often insecure contexts with high levels of need. The complexity of humanitarian operations and their rapidly increasing budgets make addressing corruption and the taboos...

Bailey, Sarah

London, ODI, 2008
Audits hold institutions accountable

03.05.2008 Australia

Press

David Woodhouse - University World News

In 1999, the Australian Federal Education Minister announced the establishment of the Australian Universities Quality Agency, or AUQA. AUQA has to audit universities as well as non-university institutions. There has been some criticism that AUQA "only looks at processes not outcomes" or that it "looks only at the processes intended to achieve quality and not at the quality itself". In 2006, AUQA commissioned an independent review of its activities.
Our money, our responsibility: a citizens' guide to monitoring government expenditures

This Guide reflects the growing focus of civil society organizations on monitoring the results achieved by government expenditures. It offers an overview of government budget implementation, including budget execution, procurement, impact measurement...

Ramkumar, Vivek

Washington, D.C., The International Budget Project, 2008
RE:FINE project: Assessment for increasing quality, equal opportunities and accountability in education

The main purpose of this survey was to allow interested members of the assessment network to gather information about the understanding of and the attitudes towards their centralized examination systems and current reforms in this area. The survey...

Bethell, George, Zabulionis, Algirdas

Ukraine, Center for Testing Technologies, 2008
Time for accountability: Assessment of the G8's fight against corruption: 2008 G8 progress report: authored and compiled by Transparency International's G8 National Chapters

TI national chapters in the G8 countries reviewed the Leaders' commitments since 2002 with respect to reducing corruption, assessed progress implementing those commitments and concluded that performance falls short with profound adverse consequences...

Transparency International

Berlin, Transparency International, 2008

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