By Nathaniel Heller — May 1, 2014. If you keep hearing about the “data revolution,” particularly as a game changer for international development, but are wondering, “uh, what exactly is the data revolution,” you’re not alone. In fact, you’re witnessing a quintessential buzz machine in action, where there’s more sizzle than actual steak. Whether at…
By Alan Hudson — April 29, 2014. Launched in 2011, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a platform for countries to commit to making their governments more open, accountable and responsive to their citizens. In less than 3 years its membership has grown from 8 to 64 countries from around the world. In May 2013,…
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By Nathaniel Heller and Alicia Phillips Mandaville — April 28, 2014. Last week, roughly 40 colleagues gathered at the OpenGov Hub in Washington, D.C., to brainstorm and debate around possibilities for a Governance Data Alliance, an idea focused on improving coordination in the production of governance data while simultaneously establishing and strengthening feedback loops between producers and actual…
By Christina Crawley — April 19, 2014. Global Integrity is embarking on a partnership with the Sunlight Foundation and the Electoral Integrity Project to launch the Money, Politics and Transparency Project. Our goal for this multi-year effort is to promote transparent and effective political finance regimes in countries through evidence-based policy reforms. In parallel, we…
By Riddhi Mehta — April 14, 2014. Why India: 814,500,000 Indians will be taking part in the Indian General Elections The Main Players: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party, Other smaller political parties The Logistics: The voting will take place over a month (April 7 – May 12) In a…