Global Integrity is proud to announce the formal launch of Foglamp, an initiative we have been working on for a number of years to provide real-time research and insights to the investment community on corruption and governance issues in countries around the world. Historically, Global Integrity’s work (like most non-governmental organizations) was aimed at governments,…
DetailsDisclosure: The World Bank is a funder of Global Integrity. The World Bank’s Actionable Governance Indicators Data Portal (AGI) is now available to the public and, while exploring the platform will definitely take a couple of days, we are excited about the possibilities it represents: a move away from simple name-and-shame rankings addressing fuzzy concepts…
DetailsIn a previous post we reported on how Kenyan citizens conducted social audits to oversee the distribution of discretionary funds intended for community projects. This post looks at how citizen engagement in Kenya has helped to improve quality in water provision through citizen watchdogs called Water Action Groups. These are a spinoff of the Citizen…
DetailsEach year in Kenya, all 210 members of Parliament get roughly US$1 million each to distribute to community projects as they see fit. Where does the money really go? Citizen groups in Kenya are fighting to find out. Our friends at the International Budget Partnership (IBP) have produced a documentary which highlights the ways in…
DetailsWe got an inevitably short reply to the post below from Professor Lessig via Twitter, which I’ll repost here mainly as a demonstration of how surreal policy debate feels when done in six word bursts. I wrote on twitter, linking to my critique of his essay “Against Transparency”: “@lessig says the US open gov movement…
DetailsLawrence Lessig, a seemingly reliable advocate for open information, has written a bizarre piece entitled “Against Transparency: The perils of openness in government.” He claims that the US open government movement has grown too powerful and may have gone too far. It goes downhill from there. First, the piece is here: Against Transparency Second: A…
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