In 1999, the World Bank further extended its commitment to stakeholder accountability and transparency by creating the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman Office CAOO) [ 1].
We then adopted the sequence of a rational planning framework, first defining the vision statement and planned strategic position, then selecting the service portfolio and resource allocation, and ending with organisational development and stakeholder accountability [ 7, 20, 21] in order to assess the degree of logical correlation between strategic documents adopted in consecutive time periods.
Another recent framework exploring health systems research and its influence on policy processes in low-income countries articulates four "streams of influence" on the research-policy interface: development contexts; stakeholders; accountabilities; and processes [ 24].
But for prison inmates, such stakeholders and accountability do not exist.
Almost all stakeholders viewed Accountability for Reasonableness as an important and feasible approach for improving priority-setting and health service delivery in their context.
However, with the notable exception of a study of district health planners in Tanzania [ 19], there are no studies about the perceptions of stakeholders regarding Accountability for Reasonableness in low-income countries' health care institutions.
By mutual accountability, we mean that holding all stakeholders accountable, requires a creative collaboration between government, citizens, local and global institutions, the private sector.
At GNM, the Open journalism vision and strategy dovetails neatly into the core framework of our sustainability strategy, which is based on transparency, stakeholder engagement and accountability.
These could be adapted, he thinks, to provide effective scrutiny of managers.Don Tapscott, co-author of "Wikinomics" and "The Naked Corporation", says that in today's increasingly "transparent world, where every stakeholder has radar, accountability becomes a requirement for trust.
However, while the A4R approach to priority setting was perceived to be relevant in strengthening transparency, accountability, stakeholder engagement and fairness, integrating the innovation into the current district health systems was challenging.
Stakeholders demand more accountability and want to know about suppliers' ethics pertaining to workers and the environment.
