It has been argued that greater transparency is needed to reduce corruption. One way of increasing transparency is …

idea that high quality instruction, academic freedom, accountability and transparency should go hand in hand. Agreement … measured in the process of accreditation of higher education institutions? How does greater transparency in the accreditation … institutional accountability or changing institutional behaviour; and hence, what are the standards and implications of federal vs …

accumulations of assets, disable accountability of governance, and dilute potential. After an empirical overview of past and present … chapter is the discussion of four institutions of poverty within economies; those are lack of assets, lack of accountability …

institutions and governance to provide citizen security, justice and jobs is crucial to break cycles of violence while stimulating …

transparency measures is presented. The chapter then concludes with a call for a global compact on governance and anti …A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We … distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge …

for borrowing by subnational units. We then provide a diagnosis of accountability mechanisms, examining their quality of … national and subnational levels in providing accountability in the provision of subnational public goods. Next, we review the … implications of the intergovernmental system and accountability mechanisms on the cooperation of subnational governments and the …

The paper discusses principles of local taxation such as accountability, benefit-tax link, non-distortion, regional …