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La Escala: Su Importancia y uso en Iniciativas de Transparencia y Rendición de Cuentas
(IDS, 2018-05)This research summary argues that the growing field of transparency, participation and accountability (TPA) needs a conceptual reboot, to address the limited traction gained so far on the path to accountability. To inform ... -
Increasing citizen voice and government responsiveness: What does success really look like, and who decides?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-01)Narratives in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) for governance are full of claims, of either enormous success or almost none. But understanding ‘success’ and ‘failure’ depends on how these are ... -
The effect of civic leadership training on citizen engagement and government responsiveness: experimental evidence from the Philippines
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-01)What are the effects of providing civic leadership training to community leaders from marginalised groups? Can it lead to increased participation by new leaders in local government processes, and increased government ... -
The Free State Housing Campaign: supporting people-led demands for social justice and accountable governance
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-01)In South Africa, community advice offices (CAOs) have historically played an important role as intermediaries for community issues and in efforts to increase accountability. CAOs are non-profit organisations that offer ... -
Poverty, voice and advocacy: a Haitian study
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-12)Over the past ten years, Fonkoze (a non-profit organisation in Haiti) has adapted the 'graduation' model of lifting families out of extreme poverty through its Chemen Lavi Miyò (CLM) or 'pathway to a better life' programme. ... -
Appropriating technology for accountability: messages from Making All Voices Count
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-01)Making All Voices Count was a programme designed to solve the ‘grand challenge’ of creating more effective democratic governance and accountability around the world. It used funding from four donors to support the development ... -
Supporting innovation and the use of technologies in accountability initiatives: lessons from Making All Voices Count
(2018-01)Making All Voices Count was an international initative that harnessed the power of innovation and new technologies to support effective, accountable governance. Focusing on six countries in Africa and Asia, the programme ... -
The art of ‘bureaucraft’: Why and how bureaucrats respond to citizen voice
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-01)Despite the recent increase of empirical research and conceptual development in transparency and accountability, much of this has been on the side of citizen action, looking at why and how citizens mobilise around ... -
Addressing failure in ICT-enabled ‘citizen voice – government responsiveness’ interventions: unpacking core assumptions and essential components
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-12)Within the governance arena, many ICT-enabled interventions focus on raising citizens’ voices with government. They aim to make it easier for citizens to feed in their views, needs, ideas or complaints by giving them the ... -
Supporting local learning and adaptation: Understanding the effectiveness of adaptive processes
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-12)This brief reviews the evidence from Learning to Make All Voices Count (L-MAVC), a programme funded by Making All Voices Count, and implemented in collaboration with Global Integrity. L-MAVC intended to support six Making ... -
Politicians’ perspectives on voice and accountability: evidence from a survey of South African local councillors
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-12)A growing body of research exists on democratic accountability. Much of this research focuses on citizen strategies for expressing their views, and on efforts to hold politicians and government service providers accountable. ... -
Learning to Make All Voices Count: Lessons for OGP, donors, and practitioners
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-12)The Open Government Partnership (OGP), donors and multilaterals, and social accountability practitioners across the world are among various constituencies attempting to harness and actualise emerging insights about the ... -
Learning how to go local: Lessons from six learning journeys for the Open Government Partnership
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-12)This brief reviews the evidence from Learning to Make All Voices Count (L-MAVC), a programme funded by Making All Voices Count, and implemented in collaboration with Global Integrity. L-MAVC intended to support six Making ... -
Connecting citizens to their governments: lessons from ICT-based governance initiatives in Indonesia
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11)In recent years, Indonesia has seen significant growth in the number of initiatives that aim to tackle governance challenges through information and communications technologies (ICTs). Established by both the government ... -
Participatory budgeting: adoption and transformation
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11)Participatory budgeting programmes are spreading rapidly across the world because they offer government officials and citizens the opportunity to engage each other in new ways as they combine democratic practices with the ... -
Learning to make all voices count: Lessons and reflection on localising the Open Government Partnership
(Instiute of Development Studies, 2017)This report reviews the evidence from Learning to Make All Voices Count (L-MAVC), a programme funded by Making All Voices Count and implemented in collaboration with Global Integrity. L-MAVC intended to support six Making ... -
Izolo: mobile diaries of the less connected
(Instiute of Development Studies, 2017)A significant body of evidence points to a strong relationship between those who are economically, socially and/or politically marginalised, and those who are marginalised in their access to, and use of, ICTs. The main ... -
The techno-centric gaze: incorporating citizen participation technologies into participatory governance processes in the Philippines
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11)In recent years, government and civil society organisations have increasingly deployed digital tools in their efforts to increase the participation of citizens in various aspects of governance. The term ‘civic tech’ is ... -
Tech for governance programmes in Tanzania – (how) can tech be used to promote good governance in the Magufuli era?
(Instiute of Development Studies, 2017-11)This report presents a synthesis of the learning from interventions in Tanzania supported by grants from Making All Voices Count, a programme which supported innovations and technologies that have the potential to transform ... -
Connecting communication: using video to open spaces and mediate exchange between Kenyan grass-roots activists
(Instiute of Development Studies, 2017)Bunge La Mwananchi (BLM) is a Kenyan grass-roots social movement that creates space for unrepresented people from the poorest backgrounds to raise and debate issues, and to amplify their social struggles. In 2015, BLM ...