By Alan Hudson — May 4, 2015. Many organizations put a lot of time and effort into conducting external assessments of developing countries, the policies they have in place and the progress that is being made in various sectors. For a lot of organizations such external assessments are central to what they do and, even…
By Alan Hudson — February 17, 2015. Last week, I attended a workshop on multi-stakeholder governance initiatives, organized by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, with support from the World Bank. Building on an earlier workshop, an excellent paper by Professor Jonathan Fox, and a very useful blog by Brendan Halloran about thinking politically about…
By Global Integrity — January 5, 2015. Global Integrity is hiring Peer Reviewers with expertise in state governance in all 50 States. Apply here About the Project The State Integrity Investigation II project is a collaboration between the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity. This new effort will refine and update a project…
By Scott Rumpsa — August 8, 2014. We’ve just added three new countries to the Global Integrity Report. As in prior reports, a set of 325 indicators covering six broad categories were researched and scored, providing a detailed assessment of the anti-corruption framework in each country. We’ve collected detailed information analyzing both the legal framework…
Version française ci-dessous. Global Integrity is preparing to begin research on the 2014-2015 edition of the Africa Integrity Indicators (AII), an annual project undertaken in partnership with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The project assesses key social, economic, political and anti-corruption mechanisms at the national level in all African countries. Employing an expert assessment methodology, the project evaluates…
The current rise of a technologically savvy, socially conscious generation across Africa is forcing local governments and institutions to become more transparent and less corrupt, according Jon Gosier, director of “The Cheetah Code,” a documentary about technological entrepreneurs in the continent. The film chronicles Africa’s young entrepreneurs, creative class, and emerging technology sector. The name…