Global Integrity Statement on Wikileaks Release of Classified Cables

Like many other non-governmental organizations, media, governments, and citizens, we’ve followed the initial release of classified State Department cables by Wikileaks with interest. As further details emerge, Global Integrity Report assessments of the national anti-corruption systems of the countries mentioned in these cables may be of interest. Those assessments can be accessed at http://report.www.globalintegrity.org. —…

Open Budget Survey 2010 Released

“It is easier to teach an advocate how to understand a budget than to teach advocacy to an economist,” argued the International Budget Partnership’s Warren Krafchik at the recent presentation of the group’s Open Budget Survey 2010. His core message: if government transparency and budget accountability are our goals, broader engagement with civil society is…