Written by Vivek Ramkumar, Manager, Open Budget Initiative of the International Budget Partnership - this article addresses the state of budget transparency around the world and its impact on governance. Notably, it is argued that despite new information sharing tools, governments around the world continue to perform poorly on disseminating their budget documents publically. This lack of transparency has a negative effect on governmental accountability and efficiency. View Details >>
Founded in 1985, the Pacific Policy Project based out the Crawford School of Economics and Government at ANU continues to establish itself as one of the pre-eminent research groups on issues of economics governance in the South Pacific region. Headed by Dr. Satish Chand, current research on Aid Effectiveness in the Pacific is into its third and final year. Other current areas of research include: children's rights and the implications for social policy; ethnic conflict; labour mobility; and land reform. View Details >>
The Inter-American Forum on Governance is an interactive online space to discuss key issues on the hemispheric agenda. This project will bring together experts from across the hemisphere in a series of 'e-Conferences' based on four themes: Strengthening and Sustaining Democratic Institutions; Multidimensional Security: Haiti and a common strategy for the future; Integral Development: Energy and the Environment; and Fighting for Human Rights in the Americas...... View Details >>
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Reporting Manager Pakistan - ACTED The Country Reporting Manager works under the authority of the Country Director to: Ensure the Production of Timely, Accurate and Analytical Reports for Donors....View Details >>
Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa - CIPE The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), a non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and core institute of the National Endowment for Democracy, seeks a Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa...... View Details >>
Information Officer, P4 - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Under the day-day supervision of the Principal Officer, Implementation and Technical Support, SCBD, the incumbent will perform the following functions....View Details >>
Bloggers Corner This month saw some highly relevant and contentious issues addressed by our bloggers. For example, Matt Bondy examined US foreign policy as it related to Iran, Michael Busch took an in-depth look at the political crisis in Honduras, Nazia Hussain examined the many complexities of South Asian security and Yamily Camacho continued her look at the impacts of regional trade agreements... View details >>
