May 8, 2026: This is the aim of Transparency International Rwanda (TI-RW) and PTF Europe as they implement the EU-funded APESA project in Rwanda. But what does it mean for citizens’ rights to be respected when infrastructure projects are designed and implemented? In some cases, it can mean that land…...
PTF Calls on the World Bank to Publish the Promised Citizen and Civic Engagement Indicator Without Further Delay
By Vinay Bhargava, Chief Technical Adviser for Partnership for Transparency On October 22, 2024, World Bank President Ajay Banga told civil society organizations at a town hall meeting “there is now an indicator there that refers to the quality of our engagement with citizens and with civil society.” ...
Civic Participation Needed Now More Than Ever
September 24, 2025: Vinay Bhargava, PTF’s Chief Technical Advisor and Blair Glencorse, Co-CEO of Accountability Lab, have issued a call for the World Bank to take civil society and citizen engagement more seriously. The call, published in Durham University’s Global Policy Journal, is entitled “The World Bank’s Legitimacy Is Derived…...
How Citizens Fight Corruption and Shrinking Civic Space
Fighting Corruption Starts with Us: A Call to Civic Action When Citizens Speak, Corruption Loses Ground! By Daniel Ritchie, Partnership for Transparency The William A. Keese School of Continuing Education at Asbury On April 7, Daniel Ritchie spoke to a group of residents at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland…...
PTF Board Member Mervyn King to receive Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from Deloitte
May 21, 2025: PTF Board Member Mervyn King is set to receive the inaugural Finance for the Future Lifetime Achievement Award from Deloitte on June 3, 2025 in London. Mervyn King, a former Supreme Court Judge in South Africa, has consulted, advised and spoken on legal, business, advertising, sustainability…...
Zambia Project Reaches 45 Schools and 86,000 Beneficiaries
May 21, 2025: PTF Advisors Tjaarda Storm Van Leeuwen and Robert Liebenthal were recently in Zambia to follow up on the implementation of the “Voice and Accountability: Community Empowerment for Improved Local Service Delivery in Zambia” project. The four year project which began in 2021, and will be completed at…...
