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Since 2004, succeeding governments in Chile have launched legal initiatives to improve transparency, probity and principles of good government, including the Transparency Act, Government Procurement Act, Declaration of Assets and Interest Act, and the Civil Service Reform Act. Recently, President…

This post originally appeared on the Natural Resource Governance Institute blog. For years, Tunisia’s extractives sector was viewed with skepticism. Information on reserves, the rights allocation, resource revenues and their management was particularly scarce. But during the last two years,…

This post originally appeared on the Global Witness blog.UK companies with hidden owners lie behind some of the worst problems of our time. Amongst other things they have been used to breach UN sanctions, evade taxes and rip off ordinary…

This blog is part of a series on how open government can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The series came out of a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub and the Open Government…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. Current President of the United States, Barack Obama, mentioned OGP in remarks delivered at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece,…

From Newsroom America Feeds at 16 Nov 12:02 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Athens, Greece2:03 P.M. EET PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very much. Please, please have a seat. Thank you. (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER:…