GC: n

S: http://www.wenar.info/Accountability%20in%20International%20Development.pdf (last access: 4 March 2013)

N: 1770, from accountable + –ity. Earlier was accountableness (1660s).
2. The responsibility placed on an individual or group for their own or others.

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=accountability&searchmode=none (last access: 2 September 2014). 2. http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22403 (last access: 1st September 2014).

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