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The violent face of grand corruption

Version Française » Exposing corruption has always been a dangerous job. It’s about to become even more dangerous, especially for those of us targeting one of the most corrupt industries - oil, gas and mining. A high-stakes sector, it is…

Turning the Tide of Authoritarianism

Are we on the cusp of a global age of authoritarianism?  You could be forgiven for thinking so. The election of Donald Trump in the US, the rising popularity of the Front National in France, Brexit - the major political…

Why we make infrastructure transparent in Honduras

CoST Honduras is part of the global CoST initiative, delivering better value from public infrastructure investment through transparency and accountability. Since our partnership with the World Bank to launch SISOCS, a subsystem of the national e-procurement portal in Honduras, information…

Going Dutch with Openspending in the Netherlands

When you’re dealing with local governments or institutions, collecting data is a huge undertaking but not impossible. You just need to re-engineer government. Until recently, in the Netherlands it was impossible to gain access to financial open data of all…

Citizens must believe politicians are working for the public good

    The world has just witnessed ‘charismatic’ populist politicians successfully tap a pool of discontent by promising easy fixes to complex issues to sometimes desperate people. The first outcome was Brexit, the second the victory of Donald Trump. The…

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