How Does it Look to Put Data Use in Context: opportunities and challenges for the use of data for accountability in Nigeria

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The process leading from producing data to using data towards improved development results is both technical and political. Together with Transparency and Accountability Initiative funder collaborative (TAI), Global Integrity produced a report that focuses on the complexities of political and technical dynamics to identify progress made and remaining opportunities and challenges to advance the use…

Account4COVID Webinar Summary: Reflections of an online conversation with some of Africa’s frontline civic actors

Account4COVID, COVID19, CTAP, Fiscal Transparency1 Comment

Background/context With the outbreak of Covid-19, many governments’ health and basic service delivery systems have already been placed under considerable strain and across Africa, fragile health and economic systems are likely to face further planning and budgeting challenges now and in the aftermath of the pandemic. As a result, international financial institutions, private foundations, and…

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In focus: Open data, politics, and results

Follow the Money, GI-ACE, Integrity and Anti-Corruption, Open Data, Open Governance1 Comment

“To what extent and for what reasons is the use of open government data associated with higher levels of accountability and improved service delivery in developing countries?” —Michael Jelenic, 2019, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper While open data is an important element of our work at Global Integrity, we do not consider ourselves “open…

Rapid Experiments With A Purpose

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RAPID EXPERIMENTS WITH A PURPOSE How Global Integrity Uses Theories of Change to Make Small Bets, Learn, and Adapt Michael Moses, Director of Advocacy and Programs – January 11, 2017 This blog post was originally published by BEAM Exchange as part of their Adaptive Management Blog Series The way in which development interventions — from programs…