Access to information - Freedom of information is not only a human right, but an important tool to engage and empower citizens. It allows them to demand accountability from governments and fight corruption.
In this publication, we focus on the people who make right to information laws come to life, and who use them as ...
Report published – Sep 2019
Accountability - Social audit is a powerful social accountability tool. It has led to the conviction of public officials for violating the right to information law in Guatemala, a 50 per cent reduction in the costs of public construction works in Peru, and cancelling an illegal education fee in Ghana.
Social ...
Report published – Nov 2018
Access to information - Freedom of information is not only a human right, but also an essential tool to engage and empower citizens to demand accountability from governments and fight corruption. Globally, around 120 countries have a right to information act. This indicates that the majority of countries consider it ...
Report published – Sep 2018
Land - Despite increasing attention in recent years, little evidence has been available on the issue of women, land and corruption in Africa to inform effective policy-making. There has been no compilation of relevant background information, lessons learnt and approaches to tackling land corruption as it ...
Report published – Mar 2018
Intergovernmental bodies - As technology advances, the methods of the corrupt are also getting more sophisticated and difficult to foil. It is clear that the digital revolution opportunities for anti-corruption professionals and activists. With millions of gigabytes of data produced every day by governments and businesses ...
Policy position published – May 2017
Climate governance - In 2014, Transparency International published its report Protecting Climate Finance: An Anti-Corruption Assessment of the Adaptation Fund. The assessment reviewed the Fund’s governance design and transparency, accountability, and integrity policies and procedures with a view to identifying and ...
Report published – Feb 2017
Access to information - In 2015 the G20 Anti-Corruption Open Data Principles (hereafter G20 Principles) were developed, as a first step towards leveraging open data as a crucial tool for enabling a culture of transparency and accountability in order to address corruption.
The purpose of this overview report is to make ...
Report published – Feb 2017
Access to information - The purpose of this report is to assess the extent to which South Africa is meeting its commitments to fighting corruption by applying and implementing the principles and actions set out in the G20 Principles, which were adopted as a first step towards leveraging open data as a crucial tool to ...
Report published – Feb 2017
Access to information - The purpose of this report is to assess the extent to which Indonesia is meeting its commitments to fighting corruption by applying and implementing the principles and actions set out in the G20 Principles, which were adopted as a first step towards leveraging open data as a crucial tool to enable ...
Report published – Feb 2017
Access to information - The purpose of this report is to assess the extent to which Germany is meeting its commitments to fighting corruption by applying and implementing the principles and actions set out in the G20 Principles, which were adopted as a first step towards leveraging open data as a crucial tool to enable a ...
Report published – Feb 2017
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