Accountability to Prevent Corruption in Construction Projects

Accountability and Corruption: Political Institutions Matter

This study uses a cross-country panel to examine the determinants of corruption, paying particular attention to political institutions that increase accountability. Even though the theoretical literature has stressed the importance of political institutions in determining corruption, the empirical literature is relatively scarce. Our results confirm the role of political institutions in determi...

Corruption and Democracy in Brazil: The Struggle for Accountability

Open Data for Accountability in the Fight Against Corruption

There has been a lot of research on the use of open data in the fight against corruption. Although there are some promising examples, it appears that a systematic approach is lacking. What are the design principles for an architecture to open up data and thereby reduce corruption? In this paper we use theory about fraud, and about public accountability to derive design principles for an open da...

Investigating the Impact of Safety Investment on Safety Culture in Construction Projects - Case Study of Power Plant Construction Projects

Background and aims: Construction industry is known as one of the most perilous industries in that it is involving the hazardous projects as well as the high manpower activities correlating with a high rate of work-related accidents. On the other hand, the high rate of accidents in the industry demanding a big budget for the damages; therefore, safety is strongly emphasized in the construction ...

Some Perspectives of Information Communication Technology (ict) Projects toward Addressing the Challenges of Corruption-transparency- Accountability at Public Sector

Having realized the potential for information and communication technology (ICT)’s contribution to a nation’s socio-economic, socio-technical, socio-cultural and sociopolitical development, countries have been rushing to implement ICT projects in the public sector – namely e-government, through the direct/indirect supervision of institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank and other ...