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Blogpost l Can a mobile app help you be a responsible citizen?
24 May 2013 | anti-corruption assessment, blogpost, citizen empowerment, citizen reporting, europe and cis, mobile phonesCitizens in Montenegro are now equipped with a new mobile app “Be Responsible,” to help them transform them into vigilant reporters, scanning the country for illegal waste dumps, misuse of official...
Lebanon: What are the governance prospects for the petroleum sector? | Middle East Strategic Perspectives
22 May 2013 | arab states, blogpost, financial accountability, resource governance, rule-of-lawMiddle East Strategic Perspectives is publishing a series of articles and presentations to shed light on the emerging Lebanese oil and gas sector. For our second edition, we have solicited Valérie...
Blogpost l Transparency and accountability: Bringing the politics back in
22 May 2013 | accountability, blogpost, citizen engagement, citizen reporting, democratic governance, transparencyOver the past two decades, citizen-led initiatives to hold power holders to account have taken the world by storm. The promise embedded in such efforts – that more enlightened and engaged citizens...
Blogpost l A Contradiction Between Civil Liberties and Democracy in Azerbaijan
21 May 2013 | blogpost, democracy indicator, elections, europe and cis, freedom of expression, perception data, trustMany conversations about civil liberties focus on the freedom of expression and belief, associational and organizational rights, rule of law, personal autonomy and individual rights. According to...
Blogpost l Good or Good-looking governance? That is the Question
21 May 2013 | afghanistan, blogpost, global integrity, governance, governance reforms, indicators, open budget, uganda(...) We all like to look good, especially in the eyes of others. This is why so much was made earlier this year when Afghanistan scored 59% on the Open Budget Index (OBI) measure of budget...
Blogpost: A Sustainable Human Development Index in the Post 2015 era
02 April 2013 | blogpost, hdi, indicators, post-2015, sustainable society index, well-being‘Only one thing matters: sustainability’. This may very well make people frowning and provoke lots of question marks. However, when one realises what sustainability is all about, one can only agree....
Blogpost l How to Measure Happiness and Why it Matters
20 March 2013 | blogpost, guidelines, happiness measures, well-beingOn the International Day of Happiness, 20 March 2013 the OECD released a detailed set of Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being. This is essentially a handbook for statisticians involved in...
Blogpost l Human Development Index in 2013 Report shows major gains since 2000 in most countries of South
19 March 2013 | blogpost, hdi, hdr, mdgsMexico City, 14 March 2013—Norway, Australia and the United States lead the rankings of 187 countries and territories in the latest Human Development Index (HDI), while conflict-torn Democratic...
Blogpost l Measuring is Managing - Water Management
01 March 2013 | basic service delivery, blogpost, mdgs, sanitation, water, water governanceWater management lies behind most of the great development challenges of the 21st Century. It's obvious but we too often forget that we won't be able to achieve food security, energy security,...
Honduras: Nuevo mecanismo de auditoría social en el sector seguridad
01 March 2013 | anti-corruption measures, blogpost, latin america, monitoring, securityCentroamérica es una de las regiones más violentas del mundo. Honduras lidera el ranking mundial de países más violentos con una tasa de 82 homicidios cada 100.000 habitantes. En esta región hay...