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Release (US): State Integrity Investigation
20 March 2012 | corruption, country initiative, integrity, local governance, nat initiative, north america, report card, usaCorruption risk huge for state governments. See your state's report card Open records laws with hundreds of exemptions. Budget decisions made behind closed doors. Ethics panels that haven’t...
Launch: United States Peace Index (Vision of Humanity, 7 April 2011)
07 April 2011 | conflict, country initiative, global initiative, peace, prison system, usaLaunched April 6, 2011 The inaugural United States Peace Index, created by the international think tank, Institute for Economics and Peace is the first-ever ranking of the fifty U.S. states based on...
Blogost: Myneta.info: India’s Technology Transition From Software Giant to Fighting Corruption (WB, 4 April 2011)
04 April 2011 | access-to-info, asia pacific, blogpost, country initiative, india, parliament, technology, transparency, web resourceWhen India first started using technology for national development, it used technology to build a huge software industry which helped the economy grow in the 1990s. In the decades that followed, with...
Blogpost / Initiative (Philippines): Budget Tracking for Transparent Accountable Governance (Asia Foundation, 4 Nov 2010)
04 November 2010 | budget, country initiative, local governance, philippines, social accountability, transparency, web resourceBy Nadine S. Ragonjan Local government budgets in the Philippines are by nature public and are important instruments for policy making and planning. But, inequities often emerge when local officials...
Brazil: Kick-off of application of UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators (UNESCO, 1 Nov 2010)
01 November 2010 | brazil, country initiative, latin america, media, media dev, unescoA multi-stakeholder meeting was held in Brasilia on 14 October to launch the process of assessing the media situation in Brazil using UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators. The meeting brought...
Blogpost /Webresuorce (India): Bribe-and-tell (Open India, 28 Sept 2010)
28 September 2010 | anti-corruption, blogpost, corruption, country initiative, india, participatory mechanisms, social accountability, web resourceA website urging Indians to speak out against corruption is not the only initiative of its kind, but it may be one of the first to create a platform for citizen participation
China: NTU Index Ranks Suzhou First for Public Service (UNPAN, 21 Sept 2010)
21 September 2010 | china, country initiative, local governance, public service deliveryChina's Suzhou has been ranked first for overall public service, according to a study by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). A joint research project...
Public expenditure tracking and service delivery survey (Cambodia News Online, 14 Sept 2010)
17 September 2010 | asia pacific, cambodia, country initiative, public service deliveryIn response to weaknesses in its public expenditure management system, the Royal Government of Cambodia initiated in 200 of the Priority Acton Program (PAP), which was intended to delivery resources...
México: Índice de Información Presupuestal (México Estatal, 2 Sept 2010)
02 September 2010 | budget, country initiative, latin america, local governance, mexico, spanishEl Instituto Mexicano de la Competitividad (IMCO) publicó recientemente la segunda edición de su Índice de Información Presupuestal de los Estados. Este índice compara la información incluida en los...
Índice del derecho de acceso a la información en México (Mexico estatal, 24 Aug 2010)
24 August 2010 | access-to-info, country initiative, spanish, web resourceHace un par de meses, fue dado a conocer el Índice del derecho de acceso a la información en México, elaborado por Article XIX y Fundar. Estas organizaciones proponen una serie de indicadores...