Social Audit in 20 Steps: Lessons learned from fighting corruption in Guatemala, Peru and Ghana
- Mahmoud Farag
- Oct 2018
- Transparency International (TI)
- International
Social audit is a powerful social accountability tool. Social audit scrutinises public officials’ decisions and/or actions, looking for administrative or financial irregularities. It can take many names and forms, ranging from social audits in Guatemala to anti-corruption brigades in Peru to social auditing clubs in Ghana. The report examines social audit outcome reports and other records shared by the three Transparency International chapters, and includes an extensive review of the wider literature on social audits. Based on these, the report outlines the following 20 key steps to implement an effective social audit.
