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Glossary of terms

This glossary comprises mainly definitions from UNESCO-IIPE, U4 and Transparency International. These definitions are illustrated by examples from the education sector, adapted from 'Hallak and Poisson, 2007. Corrupt Schools, Corrupt Universities: What can be done?'

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Academic corruption

Access to information

Accountability

Accreditation mills

Auditing

Bribery

Capture (or leakage)

Code of conduct

Conflict of interest

Corruption

Degree mills or diploma mills

Embezzlement

Ethics

Examination fraud

Extortion

Facilitation payments

Favouritism

Fraud

Ghost worker

Grand corruption

Illicit (or non-authorized) fees

Informal payments

Integrity

Misallocation of resources

Monitoring

Nepotism

Open school data

Oversight

Patronage

Petty corruption

Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS)

Quantitative Service Delivery Survey (QSDS)

Report card survey

Report cards

Transparency

Whistleblower

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