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Building Business Through Trust in Africa
By Blair Glencorse. Originally published on the GE Ideas Lab Blog. Blair Glencorse, Founder and Executive Director, The Accountability Lab, USA; Global Agenda Council on Transparency & Anti-Corruption at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2015 in Cape Town. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek There is no doubt that Africa’s success deserves…
Read MoreLiVArts And Accountability Lab Resume Art Classes
”Clean Your Community”, by George N. Flomo, first place winner “Stop Beating Your Partner”, by Emmanuel F. Yekeh Jr., second place winner “Teacher Refusing Bribe”, by Tracy Lumeh, third place winner of the Accountability Art Class. LiVArts And Accountability Lab Resume Art Classes By: Robin Dopoe Jr, [email protected]. Originally published in the Daily Observer. Liberia Visual…
Read MoreLiVArts and Accountability Lab Re-launch Accountability Arts School for Youth
Liberia Visual Arts Academy and Accountability Lab Re-launch Accountability Arts School for Youth Press Release by Francis Lansana of Accountability Lab and Leon Wilson of LiVArts. The Liberia Visual Arts Academy (LIVArts) and the Accountability Lab are pleased to announce the re-launch on Saturday, June 6, of a collaborative Accountability Arts School following a long period of…
Read MoreShaking Up the Status Quo in Nepal
Shaking Up the Status Quo in Nepal By BLAIR GLENCORSE and SUJEEV SHAKYA. Originally Published in the New York Times. “Ke garne?” an old lady said to us, tears pouring down her cheeks, as we visited her earthquake-battered village in the Dhading district of Nepal last month: “What to do?” With a history of repeated…
Read MoreTop 10 Challenges in Nepal After the Earthquakes
By: Ashley Ann Day and Suman Parajuli, Accountability Lab Residents. The destruction caused by the Nepal earthquakes is staggering: 8,676 dead, 21,952 injured, and almost 500,000 homes destroyed. Millions of people have been affected by these natural disasters, and the trauma is far from over. Displaced citizens living in tents and temporary shelters are facing…
Read MoreAccountability Lab Executive Director Joins World Economic Forum
Accountability Lab Executive Director Joins World Economic Forum The Accountability Lab’s Executive Director, Blair Glencorse, has accepted an invitation to become a Member of the Global Agenda Council on Transparency & Anti-Corruption with the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The Council aligns with the work the Lab has been doing by stimulating conversation, action,…
Read MoreThe Faces of Liberia Film Institute
The Faces of Liberia Film Institute Divine Key Anderson (left) teaches a class about the use of a green screen in film making at the Liberia Film Institute on May 6, 2015. (Photo by Jim Tuttle / Accountability Lab) By: Jim Tuttle, Accountability Lab Liberia Multi-media Fellow Liberia Film Institute’s latest class of filmmakers recently completed a…
Read MoreThe Predictable Disaster in Nepal
The Predictable Disaster in Nepal By: Blair Glencorse and Narayan Adhikari. This blog post was originally published by The Aspen Institute. Photo credit: Accountability Lab, Nepal The people of Nepal have known for a long time that a big earthquake was coming, and it finally arrived last week. Villages have been wiped out, thousands are dead…
Read More5 Things We Learned at the Global Innovation Competition 2015
By: Narayan Adhikari, South Asia Representative, and Fayyaz Yaseen, Pakistan Ambassador, for the Accountability Lab. Last month, Narayan and Fayyaz took part in the finals of the Global Innovation Competition (GIC) 2015. In this blog, originally published by Making All Voices Count, they reflect on the GIC process, the people they met, and the lessons learned. Narayan Adhikari and Fayyaz Yaseen…
Read MoretinyGive and Accountability Lab Partner to Fund Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts
This article was originally published by tinyGive. tinyGive and Accountability Lab have partnered to power online giving through social media to support relief infrastructure for the Kathmandu earthquake survivors and rescue teams. Accountability Lab is bringing their teams’ experience with transparency and integrity to ensure that the significant outpouring of financial support being sent to…
Read MoreCan filmmaking help achieve development goals?
Blair Glencorse of the Accountability Lab discusses the importance of community-driven development and how filmmaking can engage people in accountability goals. Many organizations and development professionals have found that reaching initial benchmarks is sometimes easier than sustaining them. However, with clear goals, development progress can be sustained in the long-run. According to Blair Glencorse of the Accountability…
Read MoreFighting Corruption by Localizing Aid
This article was originally published by “The Hill.” By Gregory Adams America is the most generous country in the world. We do this for a lot of reasons. Helping other countries helps strengthen our own security, and our own prosperity. But most importantly, America gives aid to fight poverty because it is the right thing…
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