At the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) Global Partners Forum in May 2014, World Bank President Jim Kim called the program, which aims to bring together civil society and governments to solve critical governance challenges in developing countries, "an amazing political success.” PTF agrees ......
New Report on PTF-Supported Anti-Corruption Interventions in Education
Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report: Education (2013) reinforces the notion that corruption inhibits social and economic development and may even jeopardize stability of a nation’s education system. Opportunity for corruption exists all along the education continuum. The “roots of corrupt practices lie in a lack of transparency and accountability.” The…...
PTF Launches Barry Metzger Rule of Law Initiative
On May 14, 2014, the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) launched the Barry Metzger Rule of Law Initiative at the law offices of Baker & McKenzie in Washington, DC. The initiative is designed to respect the humanitarian and legal values that PTF founder and board member Barry Metzger promoted throughout his life by promoting systems of justice…...
Michael Lippe – In Memoriam
Michael Lippe, a valued Project Adviser to the Partnership for Transparency Fund, died on Monday, April 28th, 2014 of pancreatic cancer. His capacity to push-on, working to aid the poorest and most vulnerable, while courageously fighting the disease over the past six years left his colleagues in awe. Up until…...
World Bank promotes citizen action to help fight corruption and poverty
PTF’s Board Chair, Anabel Cruz, and Chief Technical Adviser, Vinay Bhargava, were quoted in an article written by Stella Dawson on citizen-led anti-corruption interventions. Anabel Cruz “warned of fatigue among poor citizens over efforts to engage them in the development process, especially when results are not clear.” We have to be…...
Education project by PTF’s Mongolian partner, Globe International, becomes GPSA finalist
The World Bank supported Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) has selected eight final development projects proposed by civil society organizations from a total of 428 proposals that were made. One of the accepted projects, which will now be subject to a GPSA due diligence review, is from the Partnership…...
Uganda’s only hope is a stronger civil society
Sir, Michael Holman (“The west lays itself a trap over Uganda’s anti-gay laws”, March 6) is highly perceptive in his analysis of how western donors have responded to Uganda’s determination to persecute gay people, but he offers no clear ideas of how these donors might best promote more enlightened government…...
