@ED2030AfricaYou probably don’t need to be a memory champion to remember the last time you heard, saw, thought, or said the word “accountability.” If you work in or on international development, it was probably this week—maybe even today.
Lant Pritchett and I argue in our new paper that accountability is, indeed, central to high-performing governance and welfare-enhancing service provision (education, health, etc.) systems.