Some good papers on accountability

BLEWITT, R., 2005. Good donorship: how serious are the donors? Humanitarian Exchange, 1 (29): 4-6.

BRABANT, K., 2000. Regaining perspective: the debate over quality assurance and accountability. Humanitarian Exchange, 1 (17): 22-25.

COLLISON, D., 2003. Corporate propaganda: its implications for accounting and accountability. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 16 (5): 853-886.

DAVIS, A., 2003. Accountability and humanitarian actors: speculations and questions. Humanitarian Exchange, 1 (24): 16-18.

LEADER, N., 1999. Codes of conduct: who needs them? Relief and Rehabilitation Network Newsletter, no.13: 1-4.

MACRAE, J. AND HARMER, A., 2003. Good humanitarian donorship: a mouse or a lion? Humanitarian Exchange, 1 (24): 9-12.

MITCHELL, J., 2003. Accountability: the three-lane highway. Humanitarian Exchange, 1 (24): 2-4.

WILLITTS, B., 2005. The EU: good humanitarian donorship and the world’s biggest humanitarian donor. Humanitarian Exchange, 1 (29): 10-13.

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