While electoral accountability should be stronger when responsibilities are clearly assigned to one political office … accountability. This paper investigates the impact of centralization on local electoral accountability in the context of California …’s school finance system. Results show that voters are responsive to differences in dropout rates and pupil-teacher ratios, and …

in terms of fostering social equity, building community participation, increasing transparency and accountability …

reporting; accountability, control, auditing, and governance; and management compensation. The second and third parts consider … control mechanisms, distorted incentive schemes, accounting irregularities, failure of auditors, dominant CEOs, dysfunctional …

Accountability is a key to the effective control and management of public funds by governments in all democracies. It … democratic systems and a lack of accountability. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether democracy promotes … accountability by considering the role of state executives in corrupt practices since Nigeria returned to democratic rule. The paper …

regulations in place, along with measures to enable accountability in service provision. …