IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

Journal of Accounting and Financial Management (JAFM )

E-ISSN 2504-8856
P-ISSN 2695-2211
VOL. 10 NO. 6 2024
DOI: 10.56201/jafm.v10.no6.2024.pg51.64

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Accountability and Transparency of Public Servants in Tanzania: Reflections on Successes and Challenges towards Socio-economic Development

Benjamin Mbeba Meli, Hiacinter Burchard Rwechungura,Lucas Pastory Mwisila

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Abstract

The presence of any government and is organizations around the global dynamic is just to serve the interest of the public by ensuring that the public wellbeing is well met and people are improving their life style. The elected leaders at all levels of administrations who later form government have got high responsibility to eliminate all deeds which can endanger the interest of public by insisting on high accountability and transparence for public civil servants at their places of working. This paper will explore in details on how accountability and transparence in Tanzania has been done in terms of successes and challenges, and the way forward for eliminating the constraints which hinder accountability and transparence in most of the public servants.

keywords:

Public civil servants, Accountability, Transparency, Sustainable Development Goals

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