By Alan Hudson — April 4, 2016 Making aid payments conditional on results has intuitive appeal and is an idea that has been given a lot of attention in aid-world in recent years, with the Center for Global Development leading the charge. The tide now seems to have turned, with early enthusiasm replaced by doubts and…
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By Johannes Tonn — March 8, 2016. Last week, I participated in the launch of the Governance Data Alliance (GDA), a consortium of organizations joining forces to better understand how the marketplace for governance data works and how the field collectively — data producers, users and funders — might be able to make it work more efficiently. As…
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By Dave Algoso — February 22, 2016. Dave is a consultant, facilitator, and writer who has been supporting Global Integrity on a variety of projects in recent months. More on his work with us here, and on his work in general at his own blog. Governance reform is a nearly universal need—even the world’s oldest democracies…
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By Alan Hudson — January 21, 2016. Open governance is governance that puts into practice principles of transparency, participation and accountability. Proponents of open governance tend to make their case on the basis of two sets of arguments. Normative, or intrinsic value, arguments hold that open governance is a good thing in itself. The idea here…
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By Marianne Camerer and Nathaniel Heller — December 7, 2015. David Cohen served as the first chair of the Global Integrity board from 2005 and most recently as secretary before stepping down this year. His recent passing came as a great shock. We are forever indebted to him for his stewardship, wise counsel and service.…
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By Jorge Florez — November 23, 2015. Can citizens find and make use of the data they need to track the use of their taxes – to follow the money – in relation to particular issues? On October 24th and 25th, we gathered 10 teams of Mexican citizens interested in transparency and open government –…
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