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Office of Governmental Accountability [web site] [Harvested on 2013: Mar. 13]

open access: yes, 2013
Updated irregularly; Began in 2011.; Title from main search screen (publisher's Web site, viewed Nov. 7, 2011).; At head of title: State of Connecticut.; Official website of the Connecticut Office of Governmental Accountability.

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Advocating with Accountability for Social Justice

open access: yes, 2020
In this chapter, I propose a conceptual approach to accountability that advocates for social justice. Accountability refers to the importance of informed and engaged decision-making, building on critical approaches to research and on dialogic approaches ...
Wilkins, Karin Gwinn   +1 more
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Social accountability for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: A review of reviews.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Globally, increasing efforts have been made to hold duty-bearers to account for their commitments to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) over the past two decades, including via social accountability approaches ...
Frances Squires   +6 more
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Bridging Performance and Fate: A Framework for Sustainable, Composite‐Based Flexible Electronic Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Composite‐based flexible electronics integrate biodegradable polymers, conductive networks, and multilayer device architectures to balance electrical performance, mechanical durability, and controlled degradation. Interfacial engineering and encapsulation regulate transport stability and operational lifetime, while programmed disassembly enables ...
Sayam, Sangho Cho
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Gender and social accountability

open access: yes, 2016
Ensuring women’s inclusion in citizen-led accountability programming relating to extractive ...
Power, Thomas M
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Impact of Social Accountability Mechanisms on Achieving Service Delivery and Health Development Outcomes in Satara District, Maharashtra, India

open access: yes, 2009
Satara District Council has an average budget of roughly US$30 million/1,410 million Indian rupees to provide health, nutrition, drinking water, sanitation, and education infrastructure services to its citizens ...
Shah, Parmesh   +3 more
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Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Accountability in Pakistan: Participatory governance in urban WASH

open access: yes, 2017
The urban context in Pakistan is complex and posses major risks for the most vulnerable groups. Following the results of a participatory analysis, Oxfam developed a strategy for improving urban WASH governance and accountability in Pakistan. The model is

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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Assessment of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Chittorgarh District

open access: yes, 2007
The current initiative was one of six pilot projects launched by the South Asia Sustainable Development Department of the World Bank aimed at the application of specific social accountability tools in ...
Shah, Parmesh   +4 more
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