By Alan Hudson — November 16, 2015. I spent last week in Rio de Janeiro (tough assignment, I know), participating in the Transparency and Accountability Initiative’s third T/A Learn Annual Workshop. As the report of the second Annual Workshop, held early in 2014 puts it, T/A Learn aims “to link those who want to deepen…
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By Johannes Tonn — November 9, 2015. Today, we are excited to present the results of the second round of the State Integrity Investigation – a research project that compiles and assesses qualitative data on the state of transparency, accountability and anti-corruption mechanisms in all 50 US states. We conducted a first round of the project…
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By Sun-Min Kim — November 4, 2015. Experiences on overcoming challenges in research and data collection How do organizations collect data in challenging environments and to what end? What difference does increasing public access to information make in restrictive contexts and what have we learned? There are countries where information is not only scarce, but…
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By Michael Moses — October 23, 2015. Supporting progress toward open and accountable governance by conducting research, by generating data, by supporting country-level learning and through global advocacy is what we at Global Integrity are all about (see here for a short note on how we are doing this by putting learning at the centre…
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By Florencia Guerzovich and Michael Moses — October 21, 2015. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) promotes more open, accountable, and responsive governance by challenging reformers in government and civil society to come together to make processes of government more open. Since its inception in 2011, OGP has grown at an extraordinary rate. Sixty-five countries now…
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By Jorge Florez — October 8, 2015. How do citizens use budget information to address particular problems they deem important? For us this is a key question for the fiscal transparency movement and one which, with some interesting exceptions (see here, here and here), has not received the attention it deserves. If citizens are…
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