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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By Scott Rumpsa — October 7, 2015. This past Monday, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation released their 2015 governance data comprising the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG). Running since 2000, the IIAG is a fantastic dataset, providing a detailed look at governance from a fact based selection of indicators. 36 organizations are involved in the…
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By Michael Moses — September 21, 2015. NB: This post was published as an op-ed in Netgazeti, one of Georgia’s leading newspapers, on September 21, 2015. Check out the published piece here. Early last week, the State Audit Office (SAO) of Georgia published a press release announcing the country’s position at the top of the…
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By Alan Hudson — September 15, 2015. We’re excited that Dave Algoso is going to be working with us for the next couple of months as we take the next steps in implementing our new strategy. Most recently, Dave was working for Reboot – an outfit we know well and that is at the cutting…
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