Accountability in modern government: what are the issues?

Accountability in modern government: what are the issues? This report argues that weak accountability increases the risk of failure of public services – whether through financial mismanagement, chronic underperformance or the collapse of services. At the same time, the report says there is a tendency to overemphasise blame when something goes wrong. Instead of frank conversations about what would be needed to improve the situation, the tendency is to obscure the facts. Institute for Government