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The Responsibility to Use Information

By Blair Glencorse and Narayan Adhikari. The Right to Information (RTI) or Freedom of Information (FoI) movement has made huge strides since the first FoI law was enacted in Sweden in 1766. Freedom of Information was included (as Article 19) in the Universal…See More
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Re-Imagining the Relationship of Citizens to Power-Holders Through “Accountapreneurship”.

Spending time on the ground in countries like Liberia and Nepal, it soon becomes clear that despite good intentions, we still have very little idea how best to support the accountability of power-holders to citizens. There are hundreds of organizations working on corruption, transparency and accountability (words which are…See More
Feb 4
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The Lab was selected as a “Game Changer” at the recent International Anti-Corruption Conference in Brazil organized by Transparency International and the Government of Brazil, and supported by the In…

The Lab was selected as a “Game Changer” at the recent International Anti-Corruption Conference in Brazil organized by Transparency International and the …See More
Nov 17, 2012
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Nov 1, 2012
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Accountability Innovations We Love, No.4: "Public-Public Partnerships"

There has been a huge amount written on urban governance in well-known success stories such as Singapore and on lesser-known but useful models for municipal citizen engagement in places such as Colombia. Some great research on these issues is currently being carried out by organizations in the developing…See More
Sep 14, 2012
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Teaching Corruption: Accountability and Higher Education in Liberia

This piece was originally posted by the Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel blog.Emerging Voices features regular contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article…See More
Aug 22, 2012
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Accountability Innovations We Love, No.3: “Venture Accountability”

Traditional aid models and organizations have not managed to precipitate sustainable development, nor do they have the incentives in place to report failure or adapt rapidly when plans go wrong. As a result, failing projects continue and results remain sub-optimal. One approach we have adopted at the Accountability Lab is to understand that in difficult contexts, the definition of success (or more accurately- progress) must be slightly different. Taking risks with new and more innovative tools…See More
Aug 6, 2012
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Accountability Innovations We Love, No.2: Holding Decision-Makers to Account Online

Ever wished you could more easily find out and verify details about elected representatives and their policy positions? A number of websites have popped up over the past few years to try and collate information on public officials, monitor the behavior of power-holders and provide online mediums through which decision-makers can interact with citizens. Through Excelencias in Brazil, for example, Brazilians can use…See More
Jul 26, 2012
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Integrity, Hot Baths and Goulash

Last week I attended the Tiri Leadership and Management for Integrity course at Central European University in Budapest. Through a series of plenary sessions, discussions with guest speakers, and policy labs, we were exposed to a wide range of thinking on aspects of integrity, accountability and transparency. The course was truly global- participants came from all over the world- from Ghana to Georgia, Kenya to the Kyrgyz Republic, and Palestine to the Philippines. Lack of integrity and…See More
Jul 21, 2012
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Accountability Innovations We Love, No.1: The Punjab Program for Proactive Governance

On an accountability scoping trip to Pakistan recently, we were able to find out more about the excellent Punjab Program for Proactive Governance. This program, designed, funded and implemented by the Government of Punjab in 2010, proactively seeks feedback from citizens on their experiences using public services, through the use of SMS messages and a phone call-back system. Punjabis provide their cellphone numbers to local officials when they visit…See More
Jul 11, 2012
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Blair Glencorse's Blog

The Responsibility to Use Information

Posted on April 2, 2013 at 7:21pm 0 Comments

By Blair Glencorse and Narayan Adhikari. The Right to Information (RTI) or Freedom of Information (FoI) movement has made huge strides since the first FoI law was enacted in Sweden in 1766. Freedom of Information was included (as Article 19) in the …

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Re-Imagining the Relationship of Citizens to Power-Holders Through “Accountapreneurship”.

Posted on February 3, 2013 at 8:17pm 1 Comment

Spending time on the ground in countries like Liberia and Nepal, it soon becomes clear that despite good intentions, we still have very little idea how best to support the accountability of power-holders to citizens. There are hundreds of organizations working on corruption, transparency and accountability (words which…

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Accountability Innovations We Love No. 6: E-Participation

Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:47pm 0 Comments

E-governance initiatives, heavily touted as the ICT revolution took off in the past decade, have generally not lived up to expectations or functioned as effectively as hoped by many citizens. A number of these initiatives famously drew in significant amounts of public funds but produced online systems that were difficult to use, over-priced and based on clunky back-end architectures. Many of those projects that did work were not so much examples of e-governance as “i-government”- through…

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E-governance initiatives, heavily touted as the ICT revolution took off in the past decade, have generally not lived up to expectations or functioned as effectively as hoped by many citizens. A numbe…

Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:46pm 0 Comments

E-governance initiatives, heavily touted as the ICT revolution took off in the past decade, have generally not lived up to expectations or functioned as effectively as hoped by many citizens. A number of these initiatives famously drew in significant amounts of public funds but produced online systems that were difficult to use, over-priced and based on clunky back-end architectures. Many of those projects that did work were not so much examples of e-governance as “i-government”- through…

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