By Nathaniel Heller — February 7, 2014. In recent weeks, a number of leading voices within the international development movement – including the billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates as well as development economist Chris Blattman and tech-for-development expert Charles Kenny – have come out arguing that corruption and governance efforts in developing countries should be de-prioritized relative to other…
By Christina Crawley — February 3, 2014. The Transparency International Defense and Security Programme is seeking researchers to undertake 6 to 8 days’ work into the corruption risk in national defense and security establishments worldwide. They are looking for suitably qualified and motivated experts to work with us as Country Assessors and Peer Reviewers. [FYI: the Transparency International Defence and…
By Global Integrity — January 22, 2014. The following is a proposal from 50 civil society organizations, including Global Integrity, that was coordinated by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative. We have posted the original document here for convenience. Open, inclusive, accountable and effective governance needs to be at the heart of the United Nations’ Post-2015 framework,…
As we recently mentioned in our 2014 Winter Newsletter, our Indaba team is set to grow, and we still have 1 new position we are looking to fill. User Experience/Interface Designer We’re looking for an ambitious, creative designer to help shape the future of our web-based SaaS research and fieldwork manager product. If you are…
By Global Integrity — January 7, 2014. We are excited to announce that our friends at the International Budget Partnership (IBP) will use Indaba – our software platform for collecting, discussing, and exporting raw data – for their 2015 Open Budget Survey (OBS). The OBS is, “the one and only independent, comparative, regular measure of…
There’s a new report out on civic tech from the Knight Foundation making the rounds. It’s worth taking a read through the findings and the data that Knight gathered in their attempt to map the “civic tech” landscape. What I find most important — and perhaps troubling — about the report is its assumptions and…
