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The Impact of Transparency and Accountability Initiatives
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This issue of Development Policy Review arises from a study of the impact and effectiveness of transparency and accountability initiatives (TAIs) in different development sectors. It analyses existing evidence, discusses how approaches to learning about TAIs might be improved, and recommends how impact and effectiveness could be enhanced.
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“Notably, this argument goes beyond the SP domain, as other accountability scholars have also discussed the persistent challenge of agreeing on how to measure the impact of accountability initiatives or define their success (Fischer‐Mackey & Fox, 2023; Gaventa & McGee, 2013).”
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- Gaventa, J., & McGee, R.
- Venue
- Development Policy Review
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-07
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- s1
- ISSN
- 0950-6764 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-7679
- OpenAlex
- W2132912961
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- 339
- References
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- FWCI
- 101.56
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- Language
- en
- Open access
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