0 the fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it, or the degree to which this happens: --
1 a situation in which someone is responsible for things that happen and can give a satisfactory reason for them: --
However, it ran into problems of internal accountability, with statements and press releases reportedly being issued in the absence of internal agreement or consensus.
Establishing mechanisms of redress, compensation and accountability has already generated considerable political heat.
Instead, administrative centralisation coupled with high market demand and a lack of public accountability, encouraged caciquismo and speculation by state officials.
Such issues, as equity, accountability and the ethics of who should be involved in the evaluation of policy are all considered.
Each component maintains a separate professional culture, assisted by their hyper-autonomy and lack of accountability.
A first set of articles discusses the theoretical controversies surrounding the concept of democratic accountability, and in particular the distinction between different types of accountability.
Those least dissatisfied with institutional practices of horizontal accountability were found more often among the elderly or the poorly educated.
Relevant chapters include topics such as advances in quantitative test analysis, latent trait models, generalizability theory, qualitative approaches, washback, standards, accountability, and ethics.
