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India’s Data of Discrimination
04 April 2013 | gender based violence, governance and gender, implementation, india, indicators, social institutionsNEW DELHI – Last December’s fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi triggered an unprecedented public outcry in India. Tens of thousands of citizens took to the streets to demand an end...
India l For RTE grievances dial 1
04 December 2012 | citizen monitoring, ict, india, mobile phones, public service deliveryAccountability Initiative An essential pre-requisite to any rights-based approach is the necessity of ensuring its enforceability. What does a citizen do in case their rights are violated or not...
India: Shocking facts about primary health care in India, and their implications l Assessing the Health Care System in India
04 December 2012 | asia pacific, assessment, blogpost, health sector, india, nutritionThere’s nothing quite like a cold shower of shocking statistics to get you thinking. A paper that came out in Health Affairs today, written by Jishnu Das and his collaborators, is just such a cold...
Blogpost: Aid from China, India and Brazil: more transparent than the West?
20 November 2012 | aid, blogpost, china, india, m&e, transparency, usaThe growing presence in foreign markets of emerging economies like Brazil, China and India is starting to be matched by development spending. China, for example, provided US$ 38.83 billion in “...
India l Local Initiative l A voice against corruption in water and sanitation – community video in India
16 November 2012 | corruption, india, local initiative, sanitation, video, waterIn the district of Khunti, Jharkhand, toilets were planned to be constructed under the government’s Total Sanitation Scheme. Whilst the statistics and official reports show that the work was done and...
Blogpost: Assessing Status of Schools through Composite Indices
16 July 2012 | asia pacific, civ society, education, india, methodology, trackingIf you have been tracking our work as we have been tracking development funds of the Indian government, you would have realized that it has been just about a year since we embarked on our ambitious...
Is decentralisation helping the poorest regions? Evidence from India | vox
04 July 2012 | accountability, asia pacific, decentralisation, governance, india, service deliveryWhat policies can narrow the huge gap between the rich and the poor within India and other South Asian countries? One way is to devolve power to local governments in the hope they can better target...
Meghalaya to replicate Bhutan’s GNP mode
06 March 2012 | asia pacific, bhutan, happiness, india, undp-supported, well-beingThe White House has unveiled a plan to create a “Bill of Rights” for consumer privacy on the Internet, and announced that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to comply when consumers choose to...
Blogpost: Social audits in India – a slow but sure way to fight corruption
17 January 2012 | anti-corruption, asia pacific, blogpost, commentary, corruption, india, integrity, social accountability, social auditGrassroots campaigners have a new tool to plug the leaks in India’s public expenditure, and one state is leading the way It is not uncommon for dead people to get paid in India. But it’s not the...
Launch (India):Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, 15 April 2011)
15 April 2011 | accountability, asia pacific, budget, india, local governance, transparencyBudget Transparency Study Report An essential pre requisite for enhancing public understanding of State Budgets and encouraging public involvement in the budget process of the State Governments is...