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?'
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 government
Open school data
Oversight
Patronage
Petty corruption
Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS)
Quantitative Service Delivery Survey (QSDS)
Report card survey
Report cards
Transparency
Whistleblower