The concept and practices of accountability enjoy considerable interest today, not least due to the World Development … poor, service providers, policy makers and politicians. This paper  explores accountability starting from realities faced … for the poor and women, but not limited to them- of the power dimensions of accountability, institutionalised inequalities …

the relationship between fees, participation and the accountability framework in public primary schools in Madagascar. The … that school fees modify the accountability framework, which leads to more productive participation efforts, is challenged …

observation by the manager of the accountability mechanism. …

. Across three studies, using different decision-making tasks, different manipulations of power and accountability, and … only when the appropriate accountability mechanisms are not in place. Specifically, we distinguish between outcome and … procedural accountability and show that holding agents accountable for their decision-making procedure reduces the level of self …

those of shareholders. Introducing an institutionalized accountability mechanism consisting in the requirement for … accountability thus seem a promising direction for reining in excessive risk taking by executives. …