to promote greater local benefit capture. Practitioners and academics have noted, however, that transparency alone does … not equate to accountability. This is true in the extractive sectors, where political dynamics pose serious obstacles. The …

success in spreading and embedding governance norms, ranging across revenue transparency, contract disclosure, supply chain …The governance of natural resource wealth is widely considered to constitute a key determinant in whether the … extraction of natural resources proves to be a blessing or a curse. What is meant by governance can span a wide range of …

look at three aspects of governance and their components: transparency, security, and infrastructure. We examine which of … perceived quality of governance are related to firms' law compliance. Controlling for firm-level unobserved heterogeneity, we … these have the potential to alter firm compliance behaviour. We find that enterprises' perceptions of transparency are key …

coalition of major donors can and must institutionalize accountability by conditioning scaled-up aid at least with respect for …

-profit organizations, this paper examines the social mechanisms used to ensure accountability within the challenging environments where the … organizations operate. We find that Syrian diaspora organizations benefit from informal social accountability mechanisms that derive … from individuals' social network ties. Personal, social forms of accountability are particularly valuable to these …

of democratic erosion, the enhancement of accountability, and the promotion of competitive party systems. Development aid … manner. Democracy aid plays a more direct role with respect to enhancing accountability and party systems but, its cumulative …

strengthen institutions that advance accountability, it simultaneously supports a status quo that undermines accountability and … undermining accountability through the provision of general budget support and through support of policies that undercut vertical … accountability in decentralization and in public goods provision. …

reoriented their assistance in order to target specific issues like the strengthening of civil society, accountability and the … experiences are enough to prevent political tensions between incumbents and opposition parties around issues of governance …. Moreover, when it comes to more substantial aspects of democracy, such as enhancing accountability and fighting corruption …