Poor women in thousands of towns and villages of developing countries are routinely cheated out of basic benefits to which they are entitled under government programs - not because of too few resources, too little motivation, or too much pride – but because of corruption. Keshari Paharia, Haramani Majhi, Sapura…...
Good Practices for Engaging with Citizens for Greater Development Impact
Is it realistic to expect citizens to hold service providers accountable given the huge asymmetry of power between the two, or are we setting unrealistic expectations that citizen engagement interventions can improve development outcomes? Click here to read the article featured on the World Bank's Voices Blog to ......
Independent Evaluations of PTF Projects
John Clark, an international development consultant, former civil society activist and adviser to former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, was commissioned by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), and by the World Bank to evaluate scores of PTF supported projects. The evaluations completed by ......
Independent Evaluations of 116 Projects Stress the Value of Partnership for Transparency Fund’s Pioneering Approaches
John Clark, an international development consultant, former civil society activist and adviser to former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, was commissioned by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), and by the World Bank to evaluate scores of PTF supported projects. UK Aid and the Bank were the ......
Steve Ettinger – December 3, 1942-July 31, 2013.
Steve Ettinger, PTF Advisor and team leader on PTF’s projects in Latin America, including the FONTRA program, died on July 31 after a four year valiant and determined battle against pancreatic cancer. Steve, 70, traveled the globe, ever promoting development projects in his 23 year World Bank career ......
Corruption as an Indicator of a Failed State
In June, the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy Magazine published the 2013 Failed States Index, an annual report ranking a country’s stability based on twelve social, economic, and political indicators that range from violation of human rights and rule of law to poverty and severe economic decline. Somalia tops…...
Insights from Transparency and Access to Information Projects in Argentina
10 PTF-supported projects in Argentina were recently reviewed confirming that small, short, one-off projects can make a difference even if they are barely a drop in the bucket of fighting corruption. Political will, stakeholder collaboration, and continuity of effort were key determinants of success in the short and longer terms.…...
Learning from Unsatisfactory Results – Questions on Implementing Capacity
Donors must be especially rigorous in identifying and assessing the implementing capacity of civil society organizations CSOs seeking support. There are many CSOs with a determination to improve governance in their countries, but do they have the capacity to do so? Screening grant applicants in this regard can be difficult,…...
PTF Chief Technical Adviser Vinay Bhargava to Host Two Seminars in Switzerland
PTF Chief Technical Adviser to speak at two seminars in Switzerland to discuss PTF's work and the new book Citizens Against Corruption: Report from the Frontline by PTF co-founder and former president Pierre Landell-Mills. The first seminar titled “Is Supporting Citizens Against Corruption Good For Business?” is ......
