Thousands of people in our community are engaged in the day-to-day work of reducing the devastating impact of poverty, providing humanitarian relief and responding to natural and man-made disasters in every country of the world. Their direct experience of the wide variety of conditions and circumstances in which our work takes place provides a valuable advantage in meeting the challenge of developing evolving standarMonday Developments: Tackling Accountabilityds of accountability for our sector.

In this issue of Monday Developments, we explore current thought on accountability. To whom are we ultimately accountable and for what? Is there a tension between the expectations of our donors and those of the recipient partners of our programs? We explore the conflicts organizations face with scarce resources, demanding missions and the need to evaluate progress and effectiveness.