***This post originally appeared on the Open Gov Hub’s blog on August 2, 2018*** A few weeks ago I had the true pleasure of visiting our affiliate Open Gov Hub and partner the iCampus in Monrovia, Liberia for the very first time (on my first trip to West Africa actually). I ran our brand new, week-long “How…
July 31, 2018 Michael Moses, Director of Learning and Programs At this month’s OGP Summit in Tbilisi, impact took center stage (so did a robot! Wild times in Georgia). Throughout the Summit, many attendees raised questions about: whether and how OGP commitments contribute to transformative change; how commitments might more effectively address problems that matter in…
We are excited to be in Tbilisi, Georgia, this week for the OGP Global Summit! The venue looks awesome, the agenda looks great, and we’re looking forward to connecting with colleagues from around the world. These are challenging times for open government; our hope is that by learning from others, by asking tough questions, and…
July 10, 2018 Version française ci-dessous Call for Contributors in Africa Global Integrity is starting its seventh round of research 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.…
Event here at the Open Gov Hub coming up About this event Corruption researchers tend to focus a lot of attention on why systemically corrupt countries fail to improve and why anticorruption efforts often fall flat. As such, the field has had a difficult time identifying and explaining how positive change happens in order to…
***This post originally appeared on the Open Gov Hub’s blog on June 4, 2018*** On May 15, the Open Gov Hub hosted When and Why Development Fails: The Road to Building State Capability – convening leading experts to discuss why so many governments struggle to deliver basic services to their people, and how international development practitioners can better support…
