Communicating Accountability Concepts in Mayan Languages of Guatemala

Accountability Keywords

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Pananagutan: Accountability and the Struggle for Filipino Nationhood

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} In Filipino, the term accountability is often understood as pananagutan. Derived from the root word sagot or answer, pananagutan may be interpreted as the obligation to respond to questions regarding one’s conduct. The word, however, has a much broader meaning,…

Contraloría Social – or “Social Oversight”

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Contraloría social

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Accountability Ecosystems: The Evolution of a Keyword

Accountability Keywords

{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} Efforts to strengthen the accountability of the governing to the governed go back millennia. However, in the past decade there has been a renewed debate about how to advance public accountability. One domain where this conversation has taken place is…

La rendición de cuentas desde arriba versus la democracia: El caso de la Procuraduría General de la Nación de Colombia

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Top-down Accountability vs. Electoral Democracy: The Case of Colombia’s Inspector General

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Public Ouvidorias in Brazil: From Accounting to Multifaceted Accountability

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Ouvidorias públicas no Brasil: do controle contábil-financeiro ao controle social

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حركة “طلعت ريحتكم” في بيروت: شعار ساخر لمحاسبة المسؤولين

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