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Showing 1 to 20 of 91 for “"Transparency and accountability"”.
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A Policy Advocacy Dissertation to Increase Transparency and Accountability through Social Return on Investment Analysis
… connection between the funding of public schools and student achievement is complex. Facing dwindling revenue streams, schools and the communities they serve must begin to assess how effectively and efficiently school systems are utilizing federal, state, and local taxpayer resources. As seen in …
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Transparency and accountability in the legal framework governing the upstream hydrocarbon industry in Tanzania mainland
… rich countries may be curbed by the promotion of transparency and accountability in resource governance. There is a universal consensus among politicians, multilateral institutions, corporations, and civil societies that the ‘paradox of plenty' and its associated social ills of corruption, poverty …
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Binding civil and civic infrastructure : the need for transparency and accountability in Baltimore's water crisis
… for essential infrastructure upgrades, water and wastewater utilities have increasingly relied on customer revenue to fill funding gaps. This has led most recently to "water crises" in cities such as Baltimore and Detroit, where residents who cannot afford to pay increasing rates have been …
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Transparency and accountability of the electoral process in promoting credible electoral democracy in Zambia: A focus on Kafue and Lusaka districts
… have embraced electoral democracy globally and are serving as inspirational and beacons for the rising tide of electoral democracy throughout the world (EIU, 2010; Mbeki, 2016). In some countries, credible elections have been held while in others not, instead troubled electoral processes …
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Transparency and accountability of the electoral process in promoting credible electoral democracy in Zambia: A focus on Kafue and Lusaka districts
… have embraced electoral democracy globally and are serving as inspirational and beacons for the rising tide of electoral democracy throughout the world (EIU, 2010; Mbeki, 2016). In some countries, credible elections have been held while in others not, instead troubled electoral processes …
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Transparency and Accountability Mechanisms in Ghana's Petroleum Revenue Management Act: A Critical Analysis and Socio-Political Contextualisation with Counterpoints from Norway and Botswana
… Consolidated Fund associated with mismanagement and corruption. Auditor-General's annual reports support this assertion, and the Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the source of the wealth of politicians, and public officials confirmed mismanagement of State resources. Ghana enacted the …
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Is there a nexus between budget transparency and sound fiscal management in Kenya?
… have been a key area of focus both locally and internationally. With implementation of several reforms in the public finance sector it was expected that there would be improved transparency and accountability levels in the public sector. Some of the immediate output in the field of public …
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Does open data increase government accountability?
… with the impact of open data on government accountability. It critically assesses open data’s ability to increase the accountability of government in practice. The study offers insight into the positive dividends and potentially negative consequences of open data. It considers the potential …
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Why is transparency not enough to address the institutions curse? A case study of Nigeria’s implementation of the EITI
… rents are managed. Where institutions are weak and resource rents are not productively managed, this is referred to as the institutions curse to emphasize the intermediate relationship between natural resources and underdevelopment via institutional quality. The international community brought …
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Transparency, Accountability and Public Participation as Foundations for Effective Operations of Natural Resource Funds: Implications for the Russian Stabilization Fund
… its goals are, must be transparent, accountable and open for public scrutiny. Otherwise, a NRF could be useless or even harmful. "Resource curse," "Dutch disease," and "rentier" behavior are theoretical rationales for establishing NRFs. Corruption is viewed as a "transmission channel" of natural …
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Records management as a constituent of corporate governance in higher education institutions: a case study of Walter Sisulu University
… institution such as a university is effectively and efficiently governed and accountable to its stakeholders, which include students, staff, board members, and the community it serves. Walter Sisulu University (WSU) has been plagued by poor governance, which has resulted in the institution being …
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Monitoring and evaluation as an infrastructure enhancement strategy in Vhembe District Municipality of South Africa
This study investigated Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) as an infrastructure enhancement strategy at Vhembe District Municipality (VDM), South Africa. This District consists of four local municipalities which are Collins Chabane, Makhado, Musina and Thulamela. The introduction of Monitoring and …
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Communicating police-involved deaths: a mixed-methods exploration of Canadian police agencies’ Twitter strategies and perceptions of police
Despite increasing demands for police transparency and accountability regarding police-involved deaths (PIDs), minimal research to date has explored how police agencies utilize social media to communicate these events and little research has explored how the public perceives police statements that …
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Information technology governance and local public financial management reform : the case of Bangalore, India
… years around interrelated concerns over the transparency of local government financial management and reporting systems and the capacity of urban local bodies to implement modern performance budgeting and accrual accounting structures. This dissertation examines the relationship between these …
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Data for Housing Justice: Examining Activists’ Use of Open Government Data for Housing Justice in Boston, MA and New York, NY
… past decade, governments the world over have expanded access to public data through open government data (OGD) portals, from the local to national levels. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development describes OGD as a philosophy and a set of politics that aims to serve three social, …
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Challenges of safeguarding national interest in negotiating private investment contracts in Africa: case study on Malawi
… seeks to examine how factors like weak and incoherent mining laws, weak governance, transparency and accountability measures, political influence and negotiating power negatively contribute to the negotiation of EDAs in the mining extractive industry of countries that are rich in mineral …
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AI governance: investigating a rights-based approach to explanation in AI
… influence human cognition, interactions, and the exercise of power is gaining traction. AI is not only transforming how individuals perceive themselves but also revolutionising business practices. As admirable as the use of AI may be, its widespread adoption as a decision-making system in …
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Cryptography for societal benefit
… broad contexts listed next. - Institutional accountability Cryptography can enhance transparency and accountability of institutions seeking public trust, such as governmental agencies, judicial systems, and election infrastructure. - Individual empowerment in oppressive environments …
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Pacifying the Visual: Police Reform and the Promise of Body Worn Cameras
… the continuation of specific police practices and the police institution itself. Promising increased transparency and accountability and hence legitimacy, Body Worn Cameras (BWC) purport to show the facts of police work and critical incidents precisely as they happened. Invoking and relying …
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A Data Science Approach to Extracting Insights About Cities and Zones Using Open Government Data
… a system that utilizes open government data and machine learning algorithms to extract meaningful insights about cities and zones in the United States. It is estimated that 4% of the world’s population occupies the United States of America. Remarkably, the US is considered the largest country …
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