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People or entities whose real identities are shrouded in secrecy probably own more than half of the choice properties in Abuja, Nigeria. Part of the reason for this opacity is because they are probably current or former public officials, senior…

Es probable que más de la mitad de los bienes de Abuja, Nigeria sean propiedad de personas y entidades cuya identidad permanece oculta. En parte, esta opacidad se debe a que dichas personas probablemente sean funcionarios o ex funcionarios, militares…

What makes a country stop issuing licenses to mine and drill for resources and oil at the height of a global financial crisis and a commodities boom? In Mongolia, it’s rampant corruption.

¿Qué hace que un país deje de expedir licencias para extraer recursos y petróleo en medio de una crisis financiera global y un auge por materias primas? En el caso de Mongolia, la corrupción desenfrenada.

How did you get involved in open government - what is your personal story about why you joined the movement? I became aware of the Open Government Partnership the day after the inaugural meeting in New York on 20 September…

¿Cómo te involucraste con el gobierno abierto? ¿Qué te llevó a formar parte del movimiento? Conocí a la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto el día después de la reunión de inauguración de Nueva York el 20 de septiembre de 2011…

 A little over a year ago, the release of the Panama Papers implicated dozens of high-profile individuals with links to the extractive sector. A month before that, in February 2016, Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) member countries had adopted…

Hace poco más de un año, con la publicación de los Panama Papers se acusaron a docenas de personas de alto nivel que tenían vínculos con el sector extractivo. Un mes antes, en febrero de 2016, los países miembros de…

The calls from business for government action on transparency in company ownership are becoming louder.

Las empresas están haciendo un llamado cada vez más fuerte a los gobiernos sobre el tema de la transparencia en los beneficiarios reales.

We just completed an exceedingly important search for two new civil society members to join their fellow governments and civil society colleagues on the OGP Steering Committee (SC). The timing of these appointments could not be more opportune.  As I…

Last week parliamentary reformers from over 50 countries came together on a sunny morning in Kyiv, in the hallowed portals of the Verkhovna Rada, to begin talking about the non-trivial issue of how to build citizens trust through legislative openness...…

The Open Government Partnership has been closely following the recent developments regarding the national OGP platform in Mexico. The decision yesterday by Mexican civil society organizations to leave the national OGP platform is a statement that challenges everyone working on…

This blog is adapted from Sanjay Pradhan’s remarks at the Asian Development Bank Annual Meetings in Yokohoma, Japan on May 5. The last mile to break out of the middle-income trap to reach high-income has proven daunting and ultimately elusive…

In a political climate where ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’ have become buzzwords, there is no better time than now for governments to embrace open government data. But that’s not what’s happening, according to the latest edition of the Open…