The phrase "accountability deficit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is a lack of responsibility or accountability in a particular context, such as in organizations or governance.
Example: "The recent scandal highlighted a significant accountability deficit within the management team, leading to calls for reform."
Alternatives: "lack of accountability" or "responsibility gap."
There is a huge public accountability deficit in HMRC.
If past is prologue, the accountability deficit that many Americans find so disturbing is likely to grow even larger.
"But we haven't seen a commensurate rise in public accountability, and I would lay at least half of the accountability deficit at our elected leaders, not Chairman Greenspan".
With few legal and regulatory frameworks setting out how communities can hold NGOs to account, and with even less support for communities to engage in such a process, there is a significant accountability deficit at the heart of international NGOs.
This study presents a causal mechanism linking resource nationalism with public accountability deficit.
We argue that despite indisputable long-term benefits of collaborative policy work it includes risks of paternalism, accountability deficit and exclusiveness.
In this context, our findings show important operational deficiencies and accountability deficits precisely because of the lack of public relations input in the design and implementation of these programmes.
What this means in practice is a serious deficit of accountability.
Certainly a strong role of NGOs and GHIs constitutes an essential contribution, but the resulting fragmentation and lack of coordination together with a deficit in accountability (24) as well as the described financial imbalances questioning why that is and what could be done about it.
The only way to avoid accountability in the Game Of Deficit Hacks is to refuse to play along.
Second, the same level of accountability should be maintained in both deficit and surplus conditions so that the relative value of investments and disinvestments are assessed routinely.
