Posts by eedev
One year later, rebuilding lags in quake-hit Nepal – aid groups
By: Sebastien Malo. This blog post was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation. A year after a deadly earthquake flattened cities and villages in Nepal, rebuilding efforts must be speeded up to lift millions of survivors out of misery, aid groups said on Wednesday. Reconstruction is just getting underway in many areas of the tiny…
Read MoreOne Year On: Responding to Disaster in Nepal with Echoing Green
By: Blair Glencorse, founder of Accountability Lab, and Pranav Budhathoki, founder of Local Interventions Group, are Echoing Green Fellows working in Nepal. Follow their work on Twitter: @accountlab and @LIGintl. This article was originally published by HuffPost Impact. Like so many others in Nepal, Butti Gyalbo Taamangni suffered heartbreak after the devastating twin earthquakes…
Read MoreVictims unhappy with sluggish pace of reconstruction process: Survey
This article was originally published by Republica. Quake victims, who lost their homes, properties and relatives in the earthquake last year, have expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s handling of reconstruction process. As per a survey among quake-hit communities, majority of respondents said they were unhappy with the sluggish pace of the reconstruction process and blamed…
Read MoreGathering and sharing feedback to improve the earthquake response in Nepal
By: Sara Rodriguez, Accountability Lab Resident in Nepal Accountability Lab and Local Interventions Group started the Mobile Citizen Helpdesks (MCHDs) just under a year ago with very limited resources. Right after the first earthquake on April 26, 2015, we mobilized volunteers to provide earthquake-related information to victims and to close the feedback loop by connecting citizens needing assistance with…
Read MoreWhat’s the Best Way to Encourage Business Integrity?
By: Blair Glencorse, Executive Director of Accountability Lab. This blog post was originally published by GE Reports. To achieve accountability, businesses need to foster a culture of integrity. In recent years, significant efforts have been made to create global rules to prevent businesses from taking part in corruption, from the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and…
Read MoreDemocracy that Delivers Podcast: Accountability Lab’s Blair Glencorse Talks About a Youth Movement for Integrity
By: CIPE Staff. This blog post was originally published on the CIPE Development Blog. In this week’s podcast, Executive Director of the Accountability Lab (@accountlab) Blair Glencorse talks about why accountability is important and how his organization is building a generational movement for integrity. Glencorse discusses youth-driven approaches to building accountability and transparency in governance, using…
Read MoreNames We’d Like To See When We Google ‘Women Changing The World’
By: Malaka Gharib. This article was originally published by NPR’s blog “Goats and Soda: Stories of Life in a Changing World”. Sheryl Sandberg. Hillary Clinton. Malala Yousafzai. Oprah. Even Taylor Swift. These names pop up when you Google “women changing the world.” Depending on your politics and point of view, you may agree that these…
Read MoreBroken 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 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 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 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…
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