Accountability in Civil Service recruitment

Governance, Social Accountability and the Civil Society

This paper reviews the current literature on social accountability as a means to achieve good governance and increased public participation for improved public service delivery. After a brief discussion on concept and tools of social accountability, this paper illustrates that such innovations have led to improvements in the performance of state agencies and actors in varying contexts across th...

Accountability as a Service

We propose that accountability be a first-class network service, independent of addressing and routing. We design a scheme for allowing accountability services, rather than connectivity-providing ISPs, to vouch for traffic, allowing victims to report abuse, filter abusive traffic, and isolate malicious senders. We discuss how accountability services may evolve, how they may facilitate new appli...

Recruitment Policies in the Nigerian Federal Civil Service and Their Implications on Employees’ Performance

Every organization regardless of its size, product or service must recruit applicants to fill vacant positions. The efficiency and effectiveness of any work place whether the private or public sector largely depend on the calibre of the work force. Within the framework of bureaucratic theory, the paper examined recruitment policies in Nigerian federal civil service and its implication on employ...

Civil Society and Political Accountability: Propositions for Discussion

Civil Society, Corporate Accountability and the Politics of Climate Change