Archive for 2016
Broken lines
By: Maximillian Morch. This article was originally published by Republica. International response to natural disasters continue to fail to address the needs of affected communities Shakti Thami from Suspa village of Dolakha district was working in Charikot, the district headquarters, when the earthquake struck on April 25, 2015. Ten months later, he shares a house…
Read MoreHonesty Oscars 2016 Winners
What a campaign this year! We’ve had the chance to honor fantastic artists making waves in this anti-corruption space. Without further ado, here are your 2016 Honesty Oscars winners! Best Photo: Tony Maake- A South African photographer who beautifully brought to light the water crisis in South African villages. See the photo up close here.…
Read MoreIf you want to end corruption, turn to reality television
By: Andrew Bezek, Ivy. This article was originally published by Ivy Magazine. On the Nepali version of American Idol, there’s a Nepali version of Simon Cowell—hilariously rebuffing poor performances and glowering at the contestants. After working against corruption in developing countries for nearly a decade, IVY member Blair Glencorse had corruption on the mind as…
Read MoreAccountability Lab and ONE Campaign launch the third annual Honesty Oscars
Accountability Lab and ONE Campaign launch the third annual Honesty Oscars By: Dhanya Addanki Ready to revolutionize the Oscars? We at Accountability Lab and the ONE Campaign are gearing up to do just that with our third annual Honesty Oscars. The Honesty Oscars are a weeklong digital event honoring artists, activists, films and musicians fighting corruption with their…
Read MoreOur Short Experience With Disaster Accountability in Nepal
By: Patrick Xu, Harvard University. This blog post was originally published by Local Interventions Group. Austin Wu, a fellow Statistics concentrator and good friend, and I devised a senior research project based off of our existing interests: can we study how data has been used in the disaster relief process, and how data can effectively improve…
Read MoreLearning to Transform Governance in the Philippines
Learning to Transform Governance in the Philippines By: Blair Glencorse, Accountability Lab Executive Director. Last week I was part of the latest Making All Voices Count (MAVC) learning event in Manila—which brought together about 60 of the initiative’s grantees, researchers, technologists and other stakeholders to reflect on the theme of “transformative governance”. The first point to…
Read MoreAnnouncing 2016 Positions in Nepal, Liberia and Pakistan
Announcing 2016 Positions in Nepal, Liberia and Pakistan The Accountability Lab and the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement have partnered to create opportunities for visual storytelling and communication students to work in Liberia, Nepal and Pakistan. As a part of that collaboration we are announcing the Summer 2016 Visual Storytelling and Communications Fellowship positions. In Liberia, Nepal and Pakistan, the Accountability…
Read MoreMaking Our Voices Count: Youth Efforts to Close Feedback Loops on Service Delivery in Pakistan
Making Our Voices Count: Youth Efforts to Close Feedback Loops on Service Delivery in Pakistan By: Fayyaz Yaseen, Syed Kausar Abbas, and Rafia Malik. Working Against the Grain with Young People The power dynamics that lead to mis-governance are deep set in Pakistan, and on first glance it might seem like there is very little that motivated…
Read MoreWhat does Open Government have to do with the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The world’s business VIPs are meeting in Davos this week for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), where the theme is the fourth industrial revolution machines.
Read MoreAccountability Lab Ends Three-Day Incubation Training
By: Gbatemah Senah. This article was originally published by The Bush Chicken. MONROVIA, Montserrado – The Accountability Lab has ended a three-day training for “accountapreneurs” who are participating in its two-year accountability incubator program. The training lasted from Jan. 12th to 14. According to Lawrence Yealue, the West Africa Representative at Accountability Lab, the accountapreneurs were…
Read MoreIdols we would like
By: Malati. This article was originally published by the Kathmandu Post. What do we do then? We could wait for the political willpower to clean up the system, but that might be a long wait On Sunday, the Chief District Officer of Gulmi, Pradeep Raj Kandel, was crowned the Integrity Idol of 2015. The award…
Read MoreCelebrating accountability
By: Priyanka Gurung. This article was originally published by Republica. What sets the likes of the Integrity Idol nominees on the right path but the majority on a different one? For once, the standing ovation and the thunderous applause following the end of a government officials’ speech was justified. The crowd gathered at the Nepal tourism…
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