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Accountability, ) - Coggle Diagram
Accountability
Reasons why accountability mechanisms fail
Multiple tasks
multiple principals
moral hazard
principles objectives
compliance is hard
incentives compete with informal institutions
Why are development projects failing?
the rules are ignored
the rules are imported
the rules are broken
the rules are revisited
Weak institutions in the developing countries
no incentives to invest
investments are risky
BUT accountability
Electoral accountability
voters are the ultimate principles in democracy
elections allow us to reward or punish the politicians
true information does not mean higher accountability
political skills to inetrpet the info
ethnic
clientalism
lack of social contract
lack of collective action
free-riding
lobbying and corruption
backfire
backlash
social accountability
accountability through direct citizen engagement outside of elections
complaints, writing letters, media etc.
voice power
but citizens lack the confidence, information and skills
dependant on allies
backlash
can backfire
the rich ppl exit the private sector
pressure depends on collective action and free-riding
Principle - agent model
principals employ agents to help achieve development
but cannot see everyhting the agents are doing
information assimetry
horizontal accountability
cash on delivery
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