Grantees’ reports to funders are rarely shared with the public. We believe that sharing successes and failures can support learning and reflection that helps to strengthen the effectiveness of organizations facing similar challenges. It can also support greater accountability, to funders, and perhaps more importantly to those who that funding is intended to benefit. We’d…
Over the summer, we hired two new superstars, Raquel Rubio as our Director for Listening and Learning, and Ambika Samarthya-Howard as our Head of Communications, based out of Colorado and New York respectively. Raquel and Ambika co-wrote this blog [Alan added the superstars bit] to share their initial thoughts about the organization, and how they…
The case for co-creation, openness and government transparency for procurement as the pandemic continues. “With publishing of data… we are beginning to see what we saw with name-and-shame campaigns. Data by itself, out of context without speaking to the broader issues—doesn’t get the job done. Name and shame only works, when there is shame. And…
Written by Nada Zohdy and Abigail Bellows. “We are wearing masks but we are not going to shut our mouths,” read signs at a car protests in Warsaw this April. Polish feminist organizers designed these creative demonstrations in response to attempts by Parliament to roll back reproductive rights during the pandemic. Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic…
Written by Alan Hudson and Parker Essick We are not epidemiologists, or behavioral scientists. Neither can we claim any expertise in modeling the potential consequences of policy actions to inform policy design and implementation. But we do have lots of experience of exploring whether and how data and learning can support the design and implementation…
Comments on the World Development Report for 2021: “Data for Better Lives” by Alan Hudson & Jorge Florez. At Global Integrity, our focus is on supporting governance reformers and change agents around the world as they seek to address corruption and improve the use of public resources. Our strategy is based on the fact that…