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Proactive Prevention Works: Mongolia’s Successful COVID Response
The world has entered its ninth month of combatting COVID-19, with all the mourning and pain left in its wake. It is now clear with hindsight that the safest strategy against the pandemic is not just rapid response to first contact, but initial prevention at a robust scale. In the central Asian country of Mongolia,…
Tags: asia, COVID19, governance, public health
September 8, 2020
[Listen] Combating Corruption and Covid-19 in Africa
The case for co-creation, openness and government transparency for procurement as the pandemic continues. “With publishing of data… we are beginning to see what we saw with name-and-shame campaigns. Data by itself, out of context without speaking to the broader issues—doesn’t get the job done. Name and shame only works, when there is shame. And…
Tags: anti-corruption, COVID19, open data
September 2, 2020
Marking milestones in understanding the presence of corruption and the role of integrity among South African and Zambian urban planning professionals
One year further into its GI ACE-supported research concerning the role of integrity and corruption within the planning profession in Zambia and South Africa, the African Centre for Cities’ “Cities of Integrity” (COI) research team has hit new milestones and made progress in achieving its research objectives. Since publishing its first working paper, covered in…
August 31, 2020
Open data standards design behind closed doors?
In June 2020, we had the opportunity to join a discussion on open contracting and inclusion organised by HIVOS. Participants shared their thoughts on a newly published paper by Michael Canares and Francois van Schalkwyk that is part of a set of research papers supported by Hivos at the intersection of public procurement, inclusion and participation. ILDA have just published one article about inclusion in…
August 28, 2020
The evolution of a front-line led anti-kleptocracy strategy in Central Africa
Paul Biya. Denis Sassou Nguesso. Teodoro Nguema Obiang. These Central African leaders are wealthy, powerful, and visible actors of kleptocracy. They steal from their citizens and use state power for personal gain. What’s lesser-known in the region is the anti-kleptocracy movement led by front-line organizations. As a human rights activist at heart, I believe it…
August 13, 2020
ACE: Exploring New Ways to develop effective anti-corruption interventions
The Anti-Corruption Evidence (ACE) program, funded with UK aid from the UK government in a £15 million investment from 2015–2021, is designed to produce new, relevant research evidence on tackling corruption. Despite decades of global anti-corruption initiatives, the track record of such efforts has been disappointing. It is now widely accepted that technocratic, ‘one-size-fits-all’ approaches…
August 4, 2020
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