Accountability Framework Quotes

Agencies must know who they are accountable to. If the agencies know who they are accountable to but we cannot say who they are accountable to, then really it is a very sad situation that is bound to be misused. It is bound to affect human rights.

The lesson is the importance of never becoming untethered to oversight and accountability.

The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.

I think the aim - and certainly the aim of what I've tried to do since leaving - is not political and certainly not a witch hunt at individuals. It's to try to direct our attention at what I believe is a fundamental fault analysis that we must now examine.

The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed.

All persons who take part in government are accountable for their actions.

You get a culture of entrepreneurship after you have successfully changed the accountability system so that people can use a better process. Process drives culture, not the other way around, so you can't just change the culture, you have to change the system.

No politician can expect to escape criticism for a controversial decision and we have to be robust in justifying what we do.

It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable.

Real political will for change is achieved when the risks associated with the necessary political and structural changes are articulated at the planning stages, the key stakeholders acknowledge and accept those changes, and all stakeholders participate in the relevant processes.