Public Accountability, Corruption Control and Service Delivery: Governance Challenges and Future Options1

Call Centres and their Role in E-governance: A Developing Country Perspective

Poor governance has been undermining the service delivery and development initiatives undertaken by the majority of developing countries. Many of these governments have now started using e-governance as a mechanism to engender change in their governance systems by achieving development goals and ensure better service delivery to citizens and other stakeholders. Arguably, it also ensures improve...

Good veterinary governance: definition, measurement and challenges.

Good veterinary governance assumes the provision of veterinary services that are sustainably financed, universally available, and provided efficiently without waste or duplication, in a manner that is transparent and free of fraud or corruption. Good veterinary governance is a necessary condition for sustainable economic development insomuch as it promotes the effective delivery of services and...

Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series Performance Accountability and Combating Corruption

I Know It When I See It: The Challenges of Addressing Corruption in Health Systems; Comment on “We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems”

In this commentary, I argue that corruption in health systems is a critical and legitimate area for research in order to strengthen health policy goals. This rationale is based partly on citizen demand for more accountable and transparent health systems, along with the fact that the poor and vulnerable suffer the most from the presence of corruption in health systems. W...

Multisectoral Actions for Health: Challenges and Opportunities in Complex Policy Environments

Multisectoral actions for health, defined as actions undertaken by non-health sectors to protect the health of the population, are essential in the context of inter-linkages between three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social, and environmental. These multisectoral actions can address the social and economic factors that influence the health of a population at the local, natio...