IRC Symposium 2010 Theme 3 papers: Ensuring accountability
An unrecognised cost of delivering decentralised WASH services is corruption. Recently it has become more widely recognised that the WASH sector has a corruption issue it needs to confront (see Global Corruption Report, Transparency International, 2008). Access to information on sector performance is vital for financial accountability, so is strengthening systems of accountability through promoting citizens or consumer voice type activities. Here you can find all the papers from the accountability theme at IRC's 2010 symposium Pumps, Pipes and Promises.
Setting the scene on accountability
Provides an overview of current problems on accountability, their impacts, and some short term goals (intermediate outcomes), priority actions and ultimate visions in moving towards change.
1 Regulatory capture revisited - is there an anti-corruption agenda in regulation? Lessons from Colombia and Zambia
Author: Frédéric Boehm
2 Enhancing integrity to improve service delivery in water service supply provision
Author: Francesc Bellaubi, Jan Teun Visscher
3 Accountability and sustainability of rural water supply and sanitation infrastructure in Timor-Leste
Authors: Alex Grumbley, Stéphanie Hamel
4 Corruption in local governments and its impacts on rural water services
Authors: Lucrezia Koestler, Andreas G Koestler, Valentin J Koestler
5 Can we improve accountability through participation? Practical Action's learning
Author: Mansoor Ali
6 Connected hand pump mechanics for improved service delivery: a case study of district-based associations of hand pump mechanics in Uganda as a supporting mechanism
Authors: Brecht Mommen and Jacinta Nekesa
7 Improving governance in the water sector to social accountability, communication and transparency: Processes, experiences and lessons using the community score card in Uganda
Author: Cate Zziwa Nimanya
8 From dirty to clean pipes: A review of an anti-corruption agreement to prevent corruption in water and wastewater pipe supply in Colombia
Authors: Alma Rocío Balcázar, Carlos Perea
