Taking stock of the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in Africa

The third Account4COVID webinar and final for 2020 sought to shed light on the socio-economic urgency imposed by COVID-19 surrounding vulnerable groups. Participants explored the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on African economies and vulnerable groups and how civic actors are informing governments’ response and recovery efforts to ensure effective dissemination of relief to beneficiaries…

Outside/In: What Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal Can Teach Us About Leaving Office Gracefully

Click here to listen to the interview   Transcript Ambika: Welcome to the third edition of our podcast series for Outside/In: international perspectives on governance challenges in the United States. Today, I’ll be speaking to Marc-André Boisvert, research manager at Global Integrity and my co-French wine drinker. He was a correspondent for AP for two…

Regaining Trust and Bridging the Divide: Identity Politics and Elections

  Political identity is a divisive topic, even when it’s not election season. Today, the word “polarization” is nearly synonymous with politics in the United States, with a recessive trend of closing civic spaces and restrictive conservatism growing globally. A few relevant questions from our Open Gov Hub community came up during our live discussion…

Election Crises in Polarized Democracies: Lessons from Poland, Venezuela, and India

This video and transcript are based on a joint event, co-organized by Open Gov Hub and Global Integrity. On October 22nd, we brought experts and activists together from the U.S., Poland, Venezuela, and India to share their perspectives. Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace led the conversation with Krzysztof Izdebski…