Corruption, a universal problem, victimizes the poor bottom billion of the global population. These poor are bypassed by trickle-down growth strategies. They suffer chronic poverty. Corruption robs them of services and social safety benefits intended to alleviate their plight. Decades of efforts to reform government’s own accountability systems to control corruption have shown limited results. [...]
Three PTF funded projects were featured in recent publications by Princeton University’s Innovations for Successful Societies and the World Bank’s Innovative Solutions for Governance series. The Princeton paper cites the PTF funded G-Watch implemented textbook procurement program in the Philippines. It notes that “Groups such as Government Watch, the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections, [...]
PTF is pleased to announce the 2011 Asia Regional Peer Learning and Knowledge Sharing Workshop Engaging Citizens against Corruption in Asia: Approaches, Results and Lessons The three-day workshop will bring together Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from 8 countries in Asia and anti-corruption experts from all over the world. The workshop will feature results from over [...]
The Partnership for Transparency Fund has received three grants in July 2011 totaling $2.5 million to intensify its efforts to fight corruption and promote accountable and transparent government in developing countries. The Government of Japan, through its Japanese Social Development Fund, has awarded the PTF a grant of $1.9 million to support independent civil society [...]
A new independent evaluation finds that PTF “represents high value for money, impressive innovation, and valuable support to civil society in fighting corruption…having a strongly positive impact….” London and Washington DC, June 3, 2011 — “The substantial – often dramatic – benefit that can derive swiftly from PTF’s small grants is a success story worthy [...]
Study by the Partnership for Transparency Fund highlights 8 strategic recommendations April 26, 2011, Washington DC — Despite heightened priority to work with civil society under the World Bank’s recent “Governance and Anti-Corruption (GAC)” policies, a new study finds significant shortcomings. A critical weakness, from the perspective of civil society organizations, is the Bank’s [...]
Uganda Ethics Network Outreach (UENO) recently launched a PTF funded project in Manafwa, a large rural district along the Kenyan border in Eastern Uganda. The project aims to target misappropriation of funds, poor procurement practices and overall government service delivery at the district level for education. In Uganda, the responsibility for managing schools lies with [...]
Agreement Bolsters Support of Citizen-led Anti-corruption Projects in Developing Countries WASHINGTON, DC – Last month, a contribution of US $400,000 was released to the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) for the purpose of funding anticorruption projects globally. The grant agreement was signed by PTF President, Daniel Ritchie and World Bank Acting Vice President and Head [...]
This post is being shared with us by Cathy Stevulak of the Partnership for Transparency Fund. Improving the lives of the victims of corruption across the developing world is essential. And it is possible. Ask Rina Das who lives in Raghupati Nagar in India. Like many others, Rina Das depended on municipal services, which so [...]