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Blogpost: We want what the Ok Tedi women have!
10 October 2012 | asia pacific, extractive, gender, natural resources, papau new guinea, participatory mechanisms, womenWhen women from extractives communities all over PNG gathered to share their experiences at the last Women in Mining and Petroleum Conference in Madang, we were struck by how much they looked to one...
Blogpost: What citizens want to know about aid dollars
10 July 2012 | budget, civ engagement, infomediaries, participatory mechanisms, transparencyEvaluations of the impact of donor aid is a basic pillar of accountability for the use of development aid. But recent research by IPPR and ODI suggests that at least in the United Kingdom voters...
Blogpost: What should citizen participation in the budget process look like? (Open Budgets Blog, 19 May 2011)
01 July 2011 | budget, citizen monitoring, commentary, online debate, participatory mechanismsThis post of Albert van Zyl in the Open Budgets Blog discusses what requirements the are for meaningful participation in the government budget process. Budget transparency has little or no...
Event (London, 18 April): Mainstreaming marginalised knowledge into development policy processes (ODI, 6 April 2011)
06 April 2011 | event, knowledge management, participatory mechanisms, workshopThere is increasing recognition that the knowledge that shapes development policy and programming is heavily shaped by power relations. This lunchtime panel discussion aims to explore these issues,...
Blogpost / Event: Deliberation for Development (CommGAP, 10 Nov 2010)
12 November 2010 | deliberation, event, participatory mechanisms, public opinion, social accountabilityCommGAP and the World Bank Development Research Group Poverty & Inequality are hosting a conference on "Deliberation for Development: New Directions" on Friday this week. We have a number of high...
Publication / Blogpost: Does budget transparency flatter to deceive? Evidence from Brazil (Open Budgets Blog, 4 Nov 2010)
08 November 2010 | blogpost, brazil, budget, latin america, participatory mechanisms, presenting data, publication, social accountability, transparencyDoes budget transparency flatter to deceive? Arguing that the public has a right to information about government finances is fairly easy. One can use tax payer status, Bills of Rights etc to do this...
India’s social audit of schemes draws world attention (Indian Express, 2 Nov 2010)
02 November 2010 | citizen monitoring, commentary, participatory mechanisms, press coverage, social accountabilityIf Brazil has its Bolsa Familia, and Mexico its Progresa — schemes for alleviating poverty that have caught the fancy of international organisations — something that India has done recently is making...
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
Publication: Pitfalls of Participatory Programs. Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education (India) (UNPAN, 16 Sept 2010)
17 September 2010 | asia pacific, education, india, participatory mechanisms, publicationIn India, the current government flagship program on universal primary education organizes both locally elected leaders and parents of children enrolled in public schools into committees and gives...
Blogpost: Information Gathering for Demand-led Initiatives (World Bank 15 Sept 2010)
17 September 2010 | access-to-data, blogpost, participatory mechanismsAccess to pertinent public data is crucial to inform and mobilize citizens in demanding better governance. Experience shows, however, that the process involved in garnering public data is arduous...