Each coming year, new business opportunities are identified; but, these opportunities also bring new challenges, especially in our fast-paced, technologically-driven societies where trust is eroding and regulatory authorities are weak. […]
By Iona Eckstein, Accountability Lab Fellow After living in Nepal for several weeks, it has become increasingly apparent that the best way to get around the congested city is through a ridesharing app called ‘Tootle’ - think Uber for motorbikes! The app allows you to choose your pick up and drop off location, before calculating your ride fare. A Tootle partner then selects your journey, and within minutes you are weaving through traffic jams on the back of a motorbike towards your destination. Sixit Bhatta - the man behind the rideshare company - found a gap in the market for [...]
Asifa Khan is a trained lawyer, and social activist, who works with civil society organisation Accountability Lab Pakistan as an “accountapreneur” in their Accountability Incubator program. […]
Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Yet there isn’t much sunlight being thrown on local government in Pakistan. The major media outlets focus their coverage on national politics or the big cities. As a result, people in rural areas lack a crucial lever to hold their local officials to account. Enter the news site tumbhibolo, which launched an Urdu service in the fall of 2016 with the support of the Accountability Lab. The site recruits young people to cover local issues in three districts of Punjab province that are largely ignored by the national media. The goal: to equip citizens to speak [...]
A popular children’s arts competition in Pakistan uses its platform to educate children about civic responsibility and integrity with support from the Accountability Lab. […]
Disabled people face many barriers in Pakistan—not just physical ones. […]
Interested in learning more about our Accountapreneur program? Check out our new report on the Nepal Accountability Incubator. […]
Forcing aspiring migrant workers to come to Kathmandu for all paperwork is unkind […]
Natalia Herbst, Blair Glencorse and Heather Gilberds recently completed a practitioner research paper to assess the Accountability Lab’s efforts to engage in an adaptive learning process. […]
1500 young people migrate from Nepal on a daily basis seeking employment totaling 6 million to 110 countries over the last 20 years. […]
