Archive for 2016
Thinking about the intersections of accountability, gender and social movements
By: Parker P. Consulting. This blog post was originally published by Medium. Last weekend, members of BMW’s Responsible Leaders network, including Parker P. Consulting’s Managing Director Chi Nguyen and the team of the Accountability Lab at Canada’s Wasan Island. Last week, I had the chance to learn more about the award-winning Accountability Lab. The lab…
Read MoreAs U.N. Winds Down Liberia Mission, Security Situation Remains Fragile
This article was originally published by World Politics Review. Earlier this month, the United Nations Mission in Liberia, or UNMIL, ended its security mandate and handed over security responsibilities to the Liberian government. In an email interview, Brooks Marmon, a program officer with Accountability Lab in Monrovia, Liberia, discusses the security situation in Liberia. WPR:…
Read MorePreventing Violence through Mediation as Liberia Transitions, Part 2
By: Beth Goldberg (Summer Resident Fellow at Accountability Lab Liberia) and John Kamma (Founder of Citizens Bureau for Development and Productivity, and Accountapreneur). This blog post is the second in a series about the Community Justice Team in Logan Town, Liberia. Mr. Kamma and his team of mediators face three primary challenges in delivering justice…
Read MorePreventing Violence through Mediation as Liberia Transitions, Part 1
By: Beth Goldberg (Summer Resident Fellow at Accountability Lab Liberia) and John Kamma (Founder of Citizens Bureau for Development and Productivity, and Accountapreneur) The five mediators sat along the wall of the bright blue room, sweat beading in the stagnant Liberian heat as the office manager, Rockson, recalled a recent case: A 16 year-old girl…
Read MoreCan corruption act as a barrier to entry in the private sector?
By: Talib uz Zaman, CIPE Pakistan Programme Officer, and Accountability Lab Pakistan Accountapreneur “Power doesn’t corrupt people, people corrupt power” – William Gaddis Corruption, defined as exploitation of entrusted power for private benefit is, unfortunately, prevalent in Pakistan. It can take many forms, including bribery, graft, theft and extortion. In the corporate sector, its presence…
Read MoreWhere Are We With The Learning Agenda In Liberia?
By: Beth Goldberg and Lawrence Yealue (Accountability Lab Liberia) At the Accountability Lab we have recently been running a series of “learning about learning” discussions to understand how we- as a community- can get better at adaptive learning. We want to help highlight practical ways to internalize and build on lessons around what works and…
Read MoreWhere Are We With The Learning Agenda In Pakistan?
By: Fayyaz Yaseen, Accountability Lab Pakistan Country Representative. Building accountability in Pakistan is a difficult, long, and non-linear process. It is highly political and requires a deep understanding of the context, relationships, and incentives. With this kind of work, adaptive learning (learning that leads to real change) is essential. Too often organizations fail to…
Read MoreHelping Liberians In Proper Voter Decision-Making: Accountability Lab-Liberia’s Worthy Initiative
This article was originally published by the Daily Observer. The most important act in any election anywhere is not how much money is spent on election preparations, how well they are organized or how much rhetoric and cash candidates spend to woo voters. What is rather more central, critical, compelling in any election is the…
Read MoreForeign Missions Endorse Vote Awareness Campaign
By: Joaquin Sendolo. This article was originally published by Liberia’s Daily Observer. British Ambassador to Liberia David Belgrove has promised to support Accountability Lab-Liberia in its campaign to sensitize Liberians how to make proper decisions in the upcoming 2017 presidential and general elections. Accountability Lab-Liberia last Friday launched a music video titled, “Whom to Vote For,”…
Read MoreOn top of the world: the first ever Integrity Idol
This article was originally published by Apolitical. The Nepalese civil servant who quadrupled school pass rates The world’s first ever winner of Integrity Idol has spoken to Apolitical about his victory – and how he raised the pass rate of school pupils in his district from 14% to more than 60% in a single year.…
Read MoreSix Essential Principles for High Impact Leadership
By: Kate Hayes. This blog post was originally published by Echoing Green. At Echoing Green, we firmly believe that having a set of guiding values is essential to living a life that’s right for you and good for the world. But it’s one thing to know these values and principles, and another thing to fully…
Read MoreBritish Ambassador in Liberia highlights support to the Accountability Lab
By: Joaquin Sendolo. This article was originally published by the Daily Observer. British Ambassador to Liberia, David Belgrove, has disclosed his country preparedness to assist Liberia in the corruption investigation surrounding Sable Mining Company and some Liberian officials including House Speaker, Alex Tyler and Grand Cape Mount County Senator Varney Sherman. Ambassador Belgrove pledged the…
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