Local health governance in Tajikistan: accountability and power relations at the district level

Monica Guy

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Relationships of power, responsibility and accountability between health systems actors are considered central to health governance. Despite increasing attention to the role of accountability in health governance a gap remains in understanding how local accountability relations function within the health system in Central Asia. This study addresses this gap by exploring local health governance in two districts of Tajikistan using principal-agent theory.

The results of the study:

Addressing corruption in infrastructure services – workshop report

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
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An international workshop held at Loughborough University on 30th March 2005 provided a venue to further discuss concrete steps for implementing a research project on Integrity Pacts. 

Specifically, the objectives of the workshop were:

Model Monitoring Agreement and Integrity Pact for Infrastructure: An implementation guide for civil society organisations

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
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The Integrity Pact was first introduced in the 1990s and since then has been applied across the world. A revival in 2015, including the implementation of a pilot project across 11 countries in the European Union, enabled a further update of the approach and for further lessons to emerge. These lessons include a better understanding of where the Pact might be applied to best effect as well as lessons on the internal workings of the Integrity Pact. It was on this basis that this guide was developed.

Making the Case for Open Contracting in Healthcare Procurement

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
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Healthcare and public procurement both suffer from high levels of corruption and the point at which they converge, procurement within healthcare, is an acute vulnerability that is routinely exploited. But governments and civil society organisations are now taking action to protect the lives of citizens by implementing open contracting.

Building integrity and countering corruption in defence & security

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
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This handbook by Transparency International aims to show busy decision-makers how significant progress can be made in tackling corruption in defence and security.

It presents 20 reform measures based on recent experiences, both of Transparency International (TI) and of governments engaged in developing new approaches.

Curbing Corruption in Public Procurement: A Practical Guide

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
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This guide by Transparency International provides government officials, businesses and civil society with a practical introduction to the risks of corruption in public procurement. It outlines key principles and minimum standards which, when respected, can protect public contracting from corruption.

Corruption and Transparency in the Water Sector

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
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This article sets out the experience of Transparency International (TI) in fighting corruption worldwide in the water sector. It focuses on identifying the sources of corruption in the sector and the available toolkits (best practice) for combating it.

Case studies from Cambodia, Japan, Colombia and Pakistan are used to illustrate some of the major points.