76 December 2004 31042 SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY An Introduction to the Concept and Emerging Practice Carmen Malena‚ with Reiner Forster Janmejay Singh Abstract This paper highlights the World Bank’s growing interest and involvement in social accountability initiatives‚ which derive from its core goals of promoting poverty reduction and effective and sustainable development. It addresses five fundamental questions: (i) what is social accountability; (ii) why is it important; (iii)
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Bruce Stone‚ O.P. Dwivedi‚ and Joseph G. Jabbra list 8 types of accountability‚ namely: moral‚ administrative‚ political‚ managerial‚ market‚ legal/judicial‚ constituency relation‚ and professional.[13] Leadership accountability cross cuts many of these distinctions. [edit] Political accountability Political accountability is the accountability of the government‚ civil servants and politicians to the public and to legislative bodies such as congress or parliament. In a few cases‚ recall elections
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Professional Accountability‚ Standards of Practice‚ Professional Development. Introduction Standards of practice and professional accountability are inextricably woven together. Standards describe the "what and how" of delivering nursing care. Professional accountability is creating the standards‚ meeting those standards‚ holding peers to the standards‚ and revising the standards when needed. As your e-text describes "Standards of practice are the "what" and describe a competent level of
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Evaluation of the six week training program Introduction: in this piece of work I will be evaluating my progress of the six week training program and will be including the strengths and weaknesses of it and will also be saying if there is any room for improvement. At the start of the fitness training‚ I was just getting back into sport after recovering from a back injury that I have had since July and previously I had not done any proper fitness previously since then. We had our induction to the
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Introduction: Social accountability is defined as an approach toward building accountability that relies on civic engagement‚ i.e.‚ in which it is ordinary citizens and/or civil society organizations that participate directly or indirectly in exacting accountability. In a public sector context‚ social accountability refers to a broad range of actions and mechanisms that citizens‚ communities‚ independent media and civil society organizations can use to hold public officials and public servants accountable
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Accountability What is accountability? The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property‚ documents‚ or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property‚ documents‚ or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records‚ while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody‚ care‚ and safekeeping. Why is accountability important to the Army? Accountability is
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A current real world example of the accountability concept and be seen within the infrastructure of the Employment Development Department: The department director and executive offices are all in Sacramento‚ California however the offices which has the job at carrying out the department’s mission are spread throughout Northern and Southern California. Branch Administrators interact with the hierarchy to obtain changes‚ policies‚ procedures of which each office must carry out in order to meet the
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ccountability ‚ DAC Guidelines and Reference Series A DAC Reference Document Governance‚ Taxation and Accountability ISSUES AND PRACTICES ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 30 democracies work together to address the economic‚ social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments
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Importance of Accountability HCS/475 October 8‚ 2012 Accountability in Health Care Organizations In all industries accountability is important‚ however it is especially critical in health care‚ in which the livelihoods and lives of patients depends upon the correct actions of everyone that are involved. Mistakes can lead to inaccurate billing costs of thousands of dollars‚ or wrong treatments that lead to tragic injuries. Furthermore‚ as managed care becomes more complex‚ ensuring quality
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The importance of accountability In the army accountability is everything. The definition of accountability is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for ones actions. You have to have accountability for everything you do formation ceremonies to the items that you carry on you every day I’m going to give you 5 examples of when and why accountability would be very important example one having accountability of your soldiers if you are a NCO you always need to know
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