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How can ICT initiatives improve rural water supply?
RESEARCH SUMMARYThis research, carried out by WaterAid, Itad and IRC, explores the factors that facilitate and inhibit the success of ICT-based reporting mechanisms in water…
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A citizenship in crisis: voice, welfare and other contestations in the digital state
RESEARCH SUMMARYThe vision, design and implementation of e-governance in India with its attendant “datafication” leads to many pertinent questions about the changing nature of governance…
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Participatory budgeting: adoption and transformation
RESEARCH SUMMARYParticipatory budgeting programmes are spreading rapidly across the world because they offer government officials and citizens the opportunity to engage each other in new…
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Featured Research Now Available from Making All Voices Count
RESEARCH SUMMARYAs Making All Voices Count enters its final sprint of producing publications and disseminating findings, we’re sharing links to some featured research from our…
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Competing to deliver? Political workers and service delivery in Pakistan
RESEARCH SUMMARYWhy do some citizens receive better municipal services than others? Comparative political economy is deeply concerned with this question, but most answers so far…
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Voice or chatter? Making ICTs work for transformative citizen engagement: research report summary
RESEARCH SUMMARYWhat are the conditions in democratic governance that make information and communication technology (ICT)-mediated citizen engagement transformative? While substantial scholarship exists on the role…
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New pathways for citizen agency: Open Government National Action Plans in Uruguay
RESEARCH SUMMARYSince the implementation of the first Open Government Partnership National Action Plan (OGP-NAP) in Uruguay in 2012, open government has evolved from a focus…
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When digital democracy falls short: insights from Colombia
RESEARCH SUMMARYColombian e-government development has been internationally recognised by the UN as a leader in Latin America, and one of the 20 most developed nations…
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A tale of two consultations: online participatory practices in Brazil
RESEARCH SUMMARYWhen it comes to ICT-mediated governance participation in Brazil, Internet penetration still remains a major challenge, with only around half of homes having connectivity.…
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Citizen participation and the rise of the Open Source City in Spain
RESEARCH SUMMARYIn the public sector, Spain has made big efforts not to lag behind digital leaders in terms of public e-readiness and e-government, but the…
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Digital mapping in Warwick Junction and the remaking of ‘space’: notes from South Africa
RESEARCH SUMMARYThere have been significant shifts in the policy environment of South Africa that are transforming the way citizen engagement takes place in the country.…
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Open Data in Philippines: from access to awareness
RESEARCH SUMMARYAs a democratic country, the Philippines values citizen participation in ensuring that people’s voices are heard and that they are part of important decision-making…
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Democratic accountability in the digital age
RESEARCH SUMMARYThere is, this Brief argues, a new governance paradigm emerging, characterised by the rise of “governance by networks” and “rule by data”. This flux,…
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Taking scale into account in transparency and accountability initiatives
RESEARCH SUMMARYScale shift describes the way that localised collective actions spread to become social forces with national scope, or to resonate in transnational arenas –…
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Advancing reproductive health rights
RESEARCH SUMMARYA new generation of strategies for government accountability is needed, one that fully considers entrenched, institutional obstacles to change. Vertical integration of coordinated civil…
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Building disaster-resilient communities
RESEARCH SUMMARYA new generation of strategies for government accountability is needed, one that fully considers entrenched, institutional obstacles to change. Vertical integration of coordinated civil…
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Campaigning for the rights of indigenous peoples
RESEARCH SUMMARYA new generation of strategies for government accountability is needed, one that fully considers entrenched, institutional obstacles to change. Vertical integration of coordinated civil…
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Intensifying the anti-mining campaign
RESEARCH SUMMARYA new generation of strategies for government accountability is needed, one that fully considers entrenched, institutional obstacles to change. Vertical integration of coordinated civil…
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Empowering communities for housing and community services
RESEARCH SUMMARYA new generation of strategies for government accountability is needed, one that fully considers entrenched, institutional obstacles to change. Vertical integration of coordinated civil…
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Campaigning for agrarian reform in the Bondoc Peninsula
RESEARCH SUMMARYA new generation of strategies for government accountability is needed, one that fully considers entrenched, institutional obstacles to change. Vertical integration of coordinated civil…
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Mobilising citizens for transparency and accountability in education through Textbook Count
RESEARCH SUMMARYA new generation of strategies for government accountability is needed, one that fully considers entrenched, institutional obstacles to change. Vertical integration of coordinated civil…
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Privacy, anonymity, visibility: dilemmas in tech use by marginalised communities: summary, findings and reflections
RESEARCH SUMMARYT4T&A (tech for transparency and accountability) initiatives intend to make the public functioning of government visible, and states accountable to citizens for their actions.…
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Sometimes it is about the tech: choosing tools in South African and Kenyan transparency and accountability initiatives: findings and summary
RESEARCH SUMMARYTo better understand the process of finding effective digital technology tools in transparency and accountability initiatives, researchers interviewed organisations in South Africa and Kenya…
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Women and the right of access to information in Bangladesh: executive summary
RESEARCH SUMMARYA new study from the Carter Center examines women’s right to information in Bangladesh. The research assessed whether women are able to exercise the…
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The art of ‘bureaucraft’: Why and how bureaucrats respond to citizen voice
RESEARCH SUMMARYDespite the recent increase of empirical research and conceptual development in transparency and accountability, much of this has been on the side of citizen…