Accountability Principles for Research Institutes: On-line Forum Report, Feb-Mar 2008
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2008
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The on-line forum which invited responses to the questions: (1) To whom
are research organisations in developing countries accountable? (2) What is the nature
of their accountability? This paper summarises the responses to the questions. The
forum participants drew on their own experience and that of their research to propose
the existence of a number of “ideal types” of research organisation, each of which has
its own stakeholder profile. Acknowledging, however, that the diversity of research
organisations defies easy classification, the participants teased out some of the
dilemmas facing research organisations in defining and balancing the demands and
level of engagement to different groups of stakeholders. They also proposed
accountability mechanisms and approaches by which research organisations can best
resolve these dilemmas.
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ACCOUNTABILITY, RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY PRINCIPLES, RESEARCH ETHICS, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCHERS, EVALUATION TECHNIQUES, RESEARCH POLICY, POLICY SCIENCES, POLICY MAKING