Making All Voices Count: Recent submissions
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Opening Governance: Glossary
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The Dark Side of Digital Politics: Understanding the Algorithmic Manufacturing of Consent and the Hindering of Online Dissidence
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-01-11)Various strands of literature on civic engagement, ‘big data’ and open government view digital technologies as the key to easier government accountability and citizens’ empowerment, and the solution to many of the problems ... -
Test It and They Might Come: Improving the Uptake of Digital Tools in Transparency and Accountability Initiatives
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-01-11)Information and communications technologies (ICTs) and data play an increasingly visible role in transparency and accountability initiatives (TAIs). There has been little research on how the selection of ICT tools ... -
Men and Women of Words: How Words Divide and Connect the Bunge La Mwananchi Movement in Kenya
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-01-11)How does a movement for social justice, whose members are mainly drawn from the lower economic strata of society, build and sustain its power in the face of co-option, and social and geographical division? Members of the ... -
The Right of Access to Information: Exploring Gender Inequities
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-01-11)The right of access to information is a fundamental and universal right, necessary for economic empowerment and the fulfilment of other rights. However, the recent study discussed in this article demonstrates that women ... -
‘You Have to Raise a Fist!’: Seeing and Speaking to the State in South Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-01-11)Since joining the Open Governance Partnership in 2011, South Africa has been committed to addressing the ‘grand challenge’ of open governance through improving public services, creating safer communities and increasing ... -
When Does the State Listen?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-01-11)In this article, we look at four cases of key historical policies in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania to examine how states engage with citizen voices. The policies all took place in contexts of political change and ... -
ICTs Help Citizens Voice Concerns over Water – Or Do They?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-01-11)Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are widely seen as a new avenue for citizens to hold service providers and government to account. But if citizens live in rural Africa, Asia or Latin America, are they ... -
When Does ICT-Enabled Citizen Voice Lead to Government Responsiveness?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-01-11)This article reviews evidence on the use of 23 information and communications technology (ICT) platforms to project citizen voice to improve public service delivery. This meta-analysis focuses on empirical studies of ... -
Introduction: Opening Governance – Change, Continuity and Conceptual Ambiguity
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-01-11)Open government and open data are new areas of research, advocacy and activism that have entered the governance field alongside the more established areas of transparency and accountability. This article reviews recent ... -
Notes on Contributors
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Testing the Waters: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Factors Affecting Success in Rendering Water Services Sustainable Based on ICT Reporting
(Institute of Development Studies, 2015-06)This research conducted by WaterAid, Itad and IRC aims to understand the factors that facilitate and inhibit the success of ICT-based reporting to improve rural water supply sustainability. They compare eight ICT initiatives ... -
How Useful are RCTs in Evaluating Transparency and Accountability?
(Making All Voices Count, 2014-10)A paper published by the Research, Evidence and Learning component of Making All Voices Count sheds light on existing evidence about the Random Controlled Trials (RCTs) in the evaluation of social accountability tools in ... -
Bridging and Bonding: Improving the Links Between Transparency and Accountability Actors
(Institute of Development Studies, 2014-11-10)This report is for participants and others with an interest in technology for transparency and accountability. In the same spirit as the event, our intention is to share insights and lessons we have learned to help provoke ...