Muriel Poisson

• PhD in education
• Programme specialist at International Institute for Educational Planning

As part of its research project on ‘Open government (OG) in education: Learning from experience’, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) has prepared five thematic briefs illustrating various forms of OG as applied to the education field: open government, open budgeting, open contracting, open policy-making and crowd...

As part of its research project on ‘Open government (OG) in education: Learning from experience’, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) has prepared five thematic briefs illustrating various forms of OG as applied to the education field: open government, open budgeting, open contracting, open policy-making and crowd�...

As part of its research project on ‘Open government (OG) in education: Learning from experience’, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) has prepared five thematic briefs illustrating various forms of OG as applied to the education field: open government, open budgeting, open contracting, open policy�making and crowd-s...

As part of its research project on ‘Open government (OG) in education: Learning from experience’, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) has prepared five thematic briefs illustrating various forms of OG as applied to the education field: open government, open budgeting, open contracting, open policy-making and crowd�...

As part of its research project on ‘Open government (OG) in education: Learning from experience’, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) has prepared five thematic briefs illustrating various forms of OG as applied to the education field: open government, open budgeting, open contracting, open policy-making and crowd-so...

The number of countries providing the general public with access to educational data has grown rapidly over the past decade, encouraged by new information technologies and citizens’ growing pressure for more transparency. But while an increased amount of school-level information is shared in either paper or electronic format, several questions eme...

Corruption in education represents a major barrier to the achievement of the fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4). Identifying major corruption risks, as was done in Georgia, and the formulation of concrete recommendations to address such risks can help policy-makers and other key education actors overcome the burden of malpractice and misu...

Education in Ukraine is marked by integrity violations from early childhood education and care through postgraduate study. In the past decade policy makers and civic organisations have made progress in addressing these challenges. However, much remains to be done. OECD Reviews of Integrity in Education: Ukraine 2017 aims to support these efforts....

The OECD Study on the Impact of Corruption on Economic Growth presented to the G20 in 2013 concluded that “while the direct link between corruption and GDP growth is difficult to assess, corruption does have significant negative effects on a host of key transmission channels, […] – which impact significantly on economic welfare and, in the case of...

According to the G20 2010 Anti-corruption Action Plan “corruption threatens the integrity of markets, undermines fair competition, distorts resource allocation, destroys public trust, and undermines the rule of law.” However, how much it undermines, distorts and destroys -- and in what sectors it threatens the integrity of markets the most -- is di...

What are the best ways to ensure that scholarships, conditional cash transfers, free school meals, and so on, actually reach their intended beneficiaries? This book assumes that different models of design, targeting, and management of pro-poor incentives can prove more or less successful in maximizing efficiency, transparency, and accountability, a...

All societies develop their own norms about what is fair behaviour and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, can collectively be described as forms of ‘grabbing’. This unique volume addresses how grabbing hinders development at the sector level and in state administration. The contributors – researchers and practitio...

(Electronic version only). Incl. bibl. This booklet deals with the issue of corruption in the education sector. How can we define corruption in education? How can we assess the magnitude of malpractices in the sector? How can we improve transparency and accountability in each of the domains of educational planning and management (such as financing,...

Appels d'offres truqués, détournements de fonds, droits d'inscription illégaux, fraude académique - les données empiriques sur les diverses formes que la corruption peut prendre dans le secteur de l'éducation ne manquent pas. Des études récentes suggèrent que la déperdition de fonds entre les ministères de l'Éducation et les écoles peut être conséq...

Incl. bibl. These guidelines have been prepared to help countries successfully design a teacher code of conduct (or review an existing one) and put in place the appropriate mechanisms to ensure its proper dissemination, application, and monitoring at all levels of the system. They are aimed both at national and local stakeholders. They follow the m...

Incl. bibl. This book examines the differences between codes of conduct and codes of ethics, the purpose of these codes, how they are developed - including their rationale and content - and the various activities involved in their implementation. For a code of conduct to be effective, implementation stages must be carefully addressed to ensure that...

"Resumo executivo elaborado pela Dulce Borges para o Seminário Internacional Etica e Responsabilidade na Educação: compromisso e resultados, a partir da obra Corrupt schools, corrupt universities: what can be done? Paris: UNESCO, 2007

Incl. bibl. references Higher education systems throughout the world in developed and developing countries are undergoing diverse types of changes that are often interrelated. One of these changes is that there has been considerable growth in the private provision of higher education over the last decade, in particular within developing countries....

Rigged calls for tender, embezzlement of funds, illegal registration fees, academic fraud - there is no lack of empirical data illustrating the diverse forms that corruption can take in the education sector. Surveys suggest that fund leakage from education ministries to schools can be huge bribes and payoffs in teacher recruitment and promotion low...

Incl. bibl. references This book presents an international review of initiatives aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the management of education in a variety of domains, including: education financing, teacher appointment and transfer, teacher conduct, school management, private tutoring, and school nutrition. The strategies descr...

This paper starts by contextualizing the current trend of increasing academic fraud and corrupt practices in quality assurance and accreditation processes. Several factors are considered, such as the diversification of higher education services and delivery systems, increased competition among students and institutions, globalization and the cross-...

In a context of budget austerity and pressure on international flows of funds, there is a clear demand for more efficiency in the use of public resources. Recent surveys suggest that leakage of funds from ministries of education to schools represent more than 80% of the total sums allocated (non-salary expenditures) in some countries; bribes and pa...

Incl. annotated bibliography and list of participants

Incl. bibl. & liste des projets

Dans le cadre du programme de l’IIPE intitulé « Observation », deux activités ont été organisées en 1997 sur le thème de l’éducation dans les villes : un Forum résidentiel, qui s’est tenu à Bordeaux du 16 au 18 septembre 1997, suivi d’un Netforum (Forum de discussion sur Internet) du 22 septembre au 28 novembre 1997. Elles avaient pour objectif de...

Annexes, 56 p.

(Electronic version only) Over the past years, great efforts have been made to increase children's access to education in Africa. A number of countries have succeeded in significantly increasing the number of children enrolled over the course of very few years. They have done so by abolishing school fees and encouraging the development of community...