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Making Evidence-Based Policies a Reality
Recently, some colleagues and I at the Accountability Initiative conducted a day long workshop with a batch of development management students. The emphasis was on relaying the message that in order to become better development practitioners in the future they must use credible research findings to inform their decisions. After concluding the session, a student … Continue reading "Making Evidence-Based Policies a Reality"
Teachers’ thoughts on teaching-learning
Over the past decade, our team at the Accountability Initiative has collectively interviewed several hundreds of teachers across states in India to understand their concerns, work environment and role perception. And year after year we have noted remarkably similar thought patterns emerge. On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, we connected with four senior teachers from … Continue reading "Teachers’ thoughts on teaching-learning"
Avani Kapur Accountability Initiative’s new Director
The Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research (CPR) is delighted to announce Avani Kapur as the new Director of Accountability Initiative (AI). She takes over from Yamini Aiyar who founded the Initiative in 2008. Avani will lead AI at a time when it is rapidly expanding its research portfolio in the areas of public finance … Continue reading "Avani Kapur Accountability Initiative’s new Director"
Crafting a Meaningful Measure for Corruption: Some Suggestions
My last three blogs have been a critique of a recent study undertaken in India, which attempted to measure both the perceptions and incidence of corruption in India. As explained, the greater attention paid to perception of corruption rather than incidence, and the lack of enough samples to come to any definitive conclusions on the … Continue reading "Crafting a Meaningful Measure for Corruption: Some Suggestions"
Empowering Grassroots Governance Institutions
Ever wondered how government initiatives such as the Swachh Bharat Mission are implemented at the village and district levels? Accountability Initiative’s PAISA Survey tracks the plans, budgets, fund flows, and decision making systems of these schemes. As a senior official in the Elementary Education Department of Purnia district, Bihar, puts it: ‘The flow of funds … Continue reading "Empowering Grassroots Governance Institutions"