New Report Shows Highlights From Our Nepal Incubator
Interested in learning more about our Accountapreneur program? Check out our new report on the Nepal Accountability Incubator. […]
How Do Organizations Learn in Liberia?
Read about the project we undertook with USAID to understand organisational learning in Liberia. […]
Peace Incubator Established At Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture
This article was originally published by Pakistan Point. In collaboration with the Accountability Lab, a Peace Incubator has been established at the Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture (MNSUA). According to a handout issued here Friday, started as a pilot project, the two organizations will engage and train at least three cohorts of 25 students each and at least 10 faculty members in helping them build the skills for innovation, creativity, and social entrepreneurship around peace promotion and conflict mitigation. The broader concept behind the incubator is to orient the students about importance of promotion of a peace oriented eco-system [...]
Accountability Lab and Business Start Up Center (BSC) Monrovia partner to develop “Social Impact Tours” of Liberia
The Accountability Lab and BSC Monrovia are pleased to announce a partnership to develop social impact tours of Liberia. The tours will provide visitors to Liberia with alternative perspectives on Liberian society which go well beyond traditional tourism; generate a learning experience with important insights into developmental projects that work; and build relationships with Liberians for positive economic change. Participants on the tour will visit a variety of social entrepreneurs in Monrovia through tailored one or two day itineraries. The tours will include a boat ride with Olisco Kayea and his team of mechanics who build water taxis out of [...]
Putting local justice first in Liberia
By: Blair Glencorse and Anne Sophie Lambert. This blog post was originally published by the Local First Blog. For many Liberians living in the low-income, high-density neighborhoods of Monrovia, life is a daily struggle. Land disputes, drug problems, domestic abuse, and a lack of basic services, among other issues, are pervasive. When citizens face legal challenges, the lack of legitimacy, affordability, accessibility and timeliness of the formal justice system often prevents any feasible recourse. Extensive bureaucratic red tape coupled with transportation and legal costs, lawyer fees, and opportunity costs of foregone work make the justice system not only physically but [...]