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Alan Hudson Joins Global Integrity as Head of Policy and Engagement
By Nathaniel Heller — March 31, 2014. I’m thrilled to be able to publicly celebrate the arrival of Alan Hudson to Global Integrity as Managing Director for Policy and Engagement. Readers of this blog will know we’ve been on the hunt for some time for a top-notch policy person to better frame Global Integrity’s…
March 31, 2014
For a Road Trip in Mexico, Don’t Forget a Lonely Planet Guide and the 12 Different Traffic Regulations You’ll Have to Follow
By Eduardo Bohórquez and Rafael García — March 27, 2014. Welcome to Mexico City. Grab your rental car and hit the road to start your two-week road trip. The itinerary suggested by Lonely Planet is amazing: 10 cities in 15 days. Each one of them is no more than a 4-hours drive from the other. What you…
March 27, 2014
Why Money in Politics Needs to Matter More to the Transparency Movement
By Nathaniel Heller — March 27, 2014. “What?!” is probably most readers’ reaction to that headline. Of course we know that money in politics transparency is a big problem. Tell us something new. What worries me is that we say it’s a problem, but in practice very few people and organizations are working hard to…
How Much Appeal Does Open Government Really Have for the Private Sector?
By Nathaniel Heller — March 19, 2014. The always-thoughtful Matin Tisne raises some important questions and ideas about ways in which the Open Government Partnership (OGP), and open government evangelists generally (this author included), can better appeal to and work with private sector actors. I too have been wrestling with the same question as of…
March 19, 2014
Scholarship to upcoming investigative journalism conference in Canada
Global Integrity will offer a scholarship for an African journalist (based in Africa) to attend the international investigative journalism conference Holding Power to Account from 13-15 June 2014 in Winnipeg, Canada. The conference is organized by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the University of Winnipeg. The scholarship will cover the flight from the reporter’s home country…
March 11, 2014
How to Give Citizen Engagement Impact? Finish the Loop
By Christina Crawley — March 7, 2014. Yesterday, the World Bank hosted a panel session on Maximizing the Impact of Mapping and Crowdsourcing with experts from across the globe at both the civil society and government level. As expected, everyone agreed that while citizen engagement is absolutely essential to international development efforts – whether it…
March 7, 2014