Publications

ARC publications distill knowledge, evidence, and insights to inform research and learning agendas within the transparency, participation, and accountability field.

SSAAT team verifying worker job card information with official labor list entires, prior to social audit.
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Accountability Notes, Learning Exchange Reports and Working Papers

ARC publications serve as a platform for researchers and action strategists to share grounded experiences and analytical insights. We seek to publish:

Compelling progress reports and success stories
Innovative strategies and tactics
Lessons from dilemmas or failures
New research methods and analytical concepts

Picturing Accountability: What We Learned from the Photography of the Rana Plaza Disaster
Date: December 2020
Authors: Ismail Ferdous and Naomi Hossain
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Accountability Research Center
The Moral and Political Economy of the Pandemic in Bangladesh: Weak States and Strong Societies During Covid-19
Date: January 2021
Authors: Tariq Omar Ali, Mirza Hassan, and Naomi Hossain
Publication type: Scholarly Journal Article
Published by: World Development
Voices from the Pandemic Frontlines: Health Worker Protests and Proposals from 84 Countries
Date: October 2020
Authors: Jennifer Johnson
Publication type: Blog
Published by: From Poverty to Power (Oxfam)
From Peoples' Struggles to Public Policy: The Institutionalization of the Bhilwara Framework of Social Accountability in India
Date: October 2020
Authors: Rakshita Swamy, with a preface by Aruna Roy
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Accountability Research Center
Contested Terrain: International Development Projects and Countervailing Power for the Excluded
Date: September 2020
Authors: Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Scholarly Journal Article
Published by: World Development
Making COVID Social Protection Accountable to India’s Vulnerable Citizens
Date: August 2020
Authors: Suchi Pande
Publication type: Blog
Published by: From Poverty to Power (Oxfam)
Citizen Participation in Latin America’s Supreme Audit Institutions: Progress or Impasse?
Date: August 2020
Authors: Marcos Mendiburu
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Accountability Research Center and Controla Tu Gobierno
Rural Public Health Systems and Accountability Politics: Insights from Grassroots Health Rights Defenders in Guatemala
Date: May 2020
Authors: Julia Fischer-Mackey, Benilda Batzin, Paulina Culum & Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Scholarly Journal Article
Published by: The Journal of Peasant Studies
Health Worker Protest Project
Date: May 2020
Authors: Accountability Research Center
Publication type: Other
Published by: Accountability Research Center
Defendiendo el derecho a la salud en Guatemala: Reflexiones de dos indígenas de primera línea
Date: Mayo 2020
Authors: Benilda Batzin, Paulina Culum, Julia Fischer-Mackey
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Accountability Research Center, CEGSS, REDC-Salud
Defending the Right to Health in Guatemala: Reflections of Two Indigenous Women on the Frontlines
Date: April 2020
Authors: Benilda Batzin, Paulina Culum, Julia Fischer-Mackey
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Accountability Research Center, CEGSS, REDC-Salud
How Do Donor-led Empowerment and Accountability Activities Take Scale into Account? Evidence from DFID Programmes in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Date: April 2020
Authors: Colin Anderson, Jonathan Fox, John Gaventa
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Action for Empowerment and Accountability, Accountability Research Center, Institute for Development Studies
¿Cómo se comprometen los proyectos del Banco Mundial con la participación ciudadana?
Date: marzo 2020
Authors: Rachel Nadelman (traducción por Mariana Cepeda)
Publication type: Policy Brief
Published by: Institute for Development Studies, Action for Empowerment and Accountability, Accountability Research Center
How Do World Bank Projects Commit to Citizen Engagement?
Date: March 2020
Authors: Rachel Nadelman
Publication type: Policy Brief
Published by: Institute for Development Studies, Action for Empowerment and Accountability, Accountability Research Center
The Women of Caltongo Who Opened the Government’s Doors: Social Accountability at the Edge of Mexico City
Date: December 2019
Authors: Daniela Rea with photos by Mónica González
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Periodistas de a Pie, Pie de Página, ControlaTuGobierno and Accountability Research Center
Educational Accountability or Social Accountability in Education? Similarities, Tensions, and Differences
Date: November 2019
Authors: Felipe J. Hevia and Samana Vergara-Lope
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Medición Independiente de Aprendizajes and Accountability Research Center
¿Accountability educativo o accountability social en educación? Semejanzas, tensiones y diferencias
Date: Noviembre 2019
Authors: Felipe J. Hevia y Samana Vergara-Lope
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Medición Independiente de Aprendizajes y Accountability Research Center
Membangun Gerakan Untuk Akuntabilitas: Belajar dari Pengorganisasian Perempuan Indonesia
Date: Juli 2019
Authors: Nani Zulminarni, Valerie Miller, Alexa Bradley, Angela Bailey, and Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Accountability Research Center, Just Associates, and PEKKA
How Can a Rethink of Lessons from Field Experiments Inform Future Research in Transparency, Participation and Accountability?
Date: May 29, 2019
Authors: Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Blog
Published by: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
Setting the Stage for Increased Accountability: The White Ribbon Alliance Nigeria Campaign to Improve Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Niger State
Date: May 2019
Authors: Rachel Sullivan Robinson
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Accountability Research Center and White Ribbon Alliance
Pitfalls of Aiming to Empower the Bottom from the Top: The Case of Philippine Participatory Budgeting
Date: April 2019
Authors: Joy Aceron
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: G-Watch and Accountability Research Center
How Does the World Bank Build Citizen Engagement Commitments into Project Design? Results from Pilot Assessments in Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Pakistan
Date: April 2019
Authors: Rachel Nadelman, Ha Le and Anjali Sah
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Experiencias y desafíos ciudadanos para instituir la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas en gobiernos locales del sur de México
Date: Febrero 2019
Authors: Carlos García Jiménez
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Unicam-Sur and Accountability Research Center
Citizen Experiences and Challenges in Bringing Transparency and Accountability to Local Governments in Southern Mexico
Date: February 2019
Authors: Carlos García Jiménez
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Unicam-Sur and Accountability Research Center
स्थाई बदलाव के लिए सीखने की रणनीति की भूमिका: भारत में मितानिन सामुदायिक स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्तायों द्वारा सावर्जनिक उत्तरदायित्व को बढाने पर कार्य
Date: दिसंबर 2018
Authors: समीर गर्ग और शुचि पांडे
Publication type: जवाबदेही नोट
Published by: जवाबदेही अनुसंधान केंद्र
Movement-building for Accountability: Learning from Indonesian Women’s Organizing
Date: October 2018
Authors: Nani Zulminarni, Valerie Miller, Alexa Bradley, Angela Bailey, and Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Accountability Research Center, Just Associates, and PEKKA
Learning to Sustain Change: Mitanin Community Health Workers Promote Public Accountability in India
Date: August 2018
Authors: Samir Garg, Suchi Pande
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Accountability Research Center
Going Vertical: Citizen-led Reform Campaigns in the Philippines
Date: 2018
Authors: Joy Aceron (Editor)
Publication type: Book
Published by: Government Watch, Accountability Research Center
How a Community-Led Response to Sexual Exploitation in Uganda Led to Systemic World Bank Reform
Date: June 2018
Authors: Elana Berger
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Accountability Research Center, Bank Information Center
Community Health Workers and Accountability: Reflections from an International “Think-in”
Date: May 2018
Authors: Marta Schaaf, Jonathan Fox, Stephanie M. Topp, Caitlin Warthin, Lynn P. Freedman, Rachel Sullivan Robinson, Sundararaman Thiagarajan, Kerry Scott, Thoko Maboe, Margareth Zanchetta, Ana Lorena Ruano, Maryse Kok and Svea Closser
Publication type: Scholarly Journal Article
Published by: International Journal for Equity in Health
La escala: Su importancia y uso en iniciativas de transparencia y rendición de cuentas
Date: Mayo 2018
Authors: Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Other
Published by: Accountability Research Center, Making All Voices Count
First Meeting of Auxiliary Watershed Organizations: Good Practices, Limitations, Lessons, and Prospects
Date: May 2018
Authors: Brenda Rodríguez Hererra, Rebeca Salazar Ramírez and Mariana González Moyo
Publication type: Learning Exchange Report
Published by: Accountability Research Center, Controla Tu Gobierno
The Political Construction of Accountability Keywords
Date: March 2018
Authors: Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Scholarly Journal Article
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Lecciones sobre acción ciudadana y rendición de cuentas en los servicios públicos de salud de Guatemala
Date: Febrero 2018
Authors: Walter Flores
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Accountability Research Center, CEGSS
How Can Evidence Bolster Citizen Action? Learning and Adapting for Accountable Public Health in Guatemala
Date: February 2018
Authors: Walter Flores
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Accountability Research Center, CEGSS
Report on the Think-in on Community Health Worker Voice, Power, and Citizens’ Right to Health
Date: January 2018
Authors: Marta Schaaf, Caitlin Warthin, Amy Manning, Stephanie Topp
Publication type: Learning Exchange Report
Published by: Accountability Research Center and Averting Maternal Death and Disability
From the Ground Up: Multi-Level Accountability Politics in Land Reform in the Philippines
Date: December 2017
Authors: Francis Isaac, Danilo Carranza, Joy Aceron
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Accountability Research Center, G-Watch and RIGHTS
Following the Money in Ghana: From the Grassroots to the Hallways of the IMF
Date: December 2017
Authors: Abdulkarim Mohammed
Publication type: Accountability Note
Published by: Accountability Research Center
Citizen Oversight and India’s Right to Work Program: What Do the Social Auditors Say?
Date: September 2017
Authors: Suchi Pande, Rakesh R. Dubbudu
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Accountability Research Center, Factly
Citizen Action Against Corruption
Date: September 2017
Authors: Joy Aceron, Angela Bailey, Shaazka Beyerle, Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Learning Exchange Report
Published by: Accountability Research Center
Transparency and Accountability Strategies & Reproductive Health Delivery Systems
Date: September 2017
Authors: Victoria Boydell, Jonathan Fox, Sarah Shaw
Publication type: Learning Exchange Report
Published by: Accountability Research Center, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
Construyendo la rendición de cuentas de manera diferente: Una propuesta para la integración vertical del monitoreo y la incidencia pública
Date: Febrero 2017
Authors: Jonathan Fox, Joy Aceron, Aránzazu Guillán Montero
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: U4, ARC
Scaling Accountability Through Vertically Integrated Civil Society Policy Monitoring and Advocacy
Date: December 2016
Authors: Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Making All Voices Count, Accountability Research Center
Going Vertical: Citizen-led Reform Campaigns in the Philippines
Date: December 2016
Authors: Joy Aceron, Francis Isaac
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Making All Voices Count, Government Watch, ARC
Doing Accountability Differently. A Proposal for the Vertical Integration of Civil Society Monitoring and Advocacy.
Date: August 2016
Authors: Jonathan Fox, Joy Aceron, Aránzazu Guillán Montero
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: U4, ARC
Connecting the Dots for Accountability: Civil Society Policy Monitoring and Advocacy Strategies
Date: February 2016
Authors: Jonathan Fox (editor), Brendan Halloran (editor), Anna Levy, Joy Aceron, Albert van Zyl
Publication type: Learning Exchange Report
Published by: Transparency and Accountability Initiative, School of International Service, International Budget Partnership, Government Watch, SIMLab
Assessing the Evidence: The Effectiveness and Impact of Public Governance-Oriented Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives
Date: September 2015
Authors: Brandon Brockmyer, Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Transparency and Accountability Initiative, ARC
Social Accountability: What Does the Evidence Really Say?
Date: March 2015
Authors: Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Scholarly Journal Article
Published by: World Development
Social accountability: What does the evidence really say?
Date: September 2014
Authors: Jonathan Fox
Publication type: Working Paper
Published by: Global Partnership for Social Accountability