Accountability as a practice
A case study of a nongovernmental development programme in Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3886151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mieke Berghmans (0000-0002-7091-9800, Bergman Clinics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 647-659 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2022.2040955 |
| OpenAlex | W4214911042 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
The number of empirical studies focusing on NGO accountability practices remains limited. This paper responds to this gap. It presents the accountability practices identified in an empirical study of a nongovernmental development programme in Tanzania. Drawing on data collected through field work and analysed through coding, visualisations, and detailed descriptions, this study observed how practices constituting this development programme were held together by accountability practices. This paper analyses these accountability practices: (a) prescribing–reporting–verifying, (b) measuring, (c) contracting, and (d) capacity building, learning, and acting together. It demonstrates how these accountability practices facilitate the coordination of this development programme
Accountability · Best practice · Capacity development · Economics · Empirical research · Environmental resource management · Political science · Public relations · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Engineering · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Religion, Society, and Development
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Informal Accountability in Multisector Service Delivery Collaborations
Accountability In Practice
Obstacles to NGOs' accountability to intended beneficiaries
Listen First
Reforming accountability in international NGOs
Placing the Normative Logics of Accountability in "Thick" Perspective
Toward a Theory of Social Practices
Outsourcing Social Transformation
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |