Last April, Global Integrity announced the winners of our first-ever Global Integrity Impact Challenge— a call for anti-corruption advocates to submit proposals to improve governance. The “challenge” was for these groups to create direct linkages between the problem of corruption, the findings of the Global Integrity Report: 2008, their proposed action and measurable change on…
DetailsGiven that we’re pretty obsessed with transparency issues here at Global Integrity, we go to great lengths to walk the talk whenever we can. As has been our practice since inception, we’ve just publicly posted our audited fiscal 2008 financials on our website. This public disclosure is not required by law, but we think it’s…
DetailsAs part of our Global Integrity Dialogue series, Nathaniel and I traveled to Tonga to convene a discussion around the possibilities for anti-corruption and transparency reforms in the country. The workshop drew on the insight of senior government officials, the donor community, journalists, and other local stakeholders to identify key priorities for increasing transparency and…
DetailsThe news last week was overrun with “one year later…” stories detailing how far (or short) the U.S. economy has come since investment banking giant, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy last September. Here’s a round-up of some of the best summaries Global Integrity has come across. True to form, our take is focused more on…
DetailsDr. Johann Graf Lambsdorff, creator of the Corruption Perceptions Index, will no longer publish the landmark corruption ranking, he said in an email to the Transparency International network this week. Lambsdorff wrote: “TI-S will try to continue somehow with a substitute for the CPI. Even though most of them are rather new to the debate,…
DetailsLast month, Nathaniel and I linked up with colleagues in the Solomon Islands to conduct a day-long workshop as part of the Global Integrity Dialogues series. The workshop brought together local transparency advocates, key government officials, and a diverse range of anti-corruption experts; all of whom contributed their views on potential priorities in pursuit of…
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