By Elise Blackburn (Student Fellow at TAI) As cyberspace replaces public space due to COVID-19, the growing trend of adapting state functioning to the digital landscape — whether through e-taxation, electronic identity management, or open data to improve service delivery (e-procurement) — has become a top priority. …

By Richard Christel (Program Associate at TAI) Photo Credit: Corporate Finance Institute Banks can be important players for those, such as in law enforcement, seeking to hold corrupt actors to account. However, dedicated advocacy is needed to help ensure the banking sector takes more proactive steps. This is a highly…

How can we ensure that governance and accountability stay for good on the international agenda in every country? Last year made it abundantly clear that governance is not only an important factor in effectiveness in virtually any state’s affairs. …

To take full advantage of the opportunities afforded by open data and big data analytics, for-profit and non-profit organizations alike are seeking to ramp up their in-house data expertise. This has contributed to the growing interest in and demand for data science capabilities. …

By Michael Jarvis, Executive Director at TAI The Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) is a donor collaborative, but what does that really mean? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines collaboration as: “to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavour.” And that is exactly what our members, supported by…

By Michael Jarvis We are excited to introduce our new five-year strategy designed to reinforce the “what”, the “how” and the “who” of funding for the transparency and accountability field. The midst of a global pandemic and economic crisis may not seem the most opportune moment to launch a new…

2020 seems determined to knock the world off its axis, but if you think back through the fog of all things virus-related, a lot happened in 2019, too. We just published our 2019 annual report. “So what?” you ask. …

By Varja Lipovšek, MIT GOV/LAB Imagine that you have a million dollars to spend on any kind of information to improve accountability of the government in “Lovely Country”, with the only condition that you cannot spend it on elections. Would you implement scorecards or public dashboards displaying government performance grades…

By Alfonsina Penaloza There is a wedge. A window of opportunity to support work that ensures that governments respond to the needs of girls and women, and for feminist movements to take advantage of transparency and accountability tools to further their advocacy goals. But they need support. Over and over…