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From the COVID-19 pandemic to the heightening climate crisis to an increase in authoritarian overreach, 2020 has sorely tested the strength of democracies globally. Even while the world continues to reel from the effects of these multiple threats, at least…

Con la pandemia del COVID-19, la crisis climática y el alza en el autoritarismo, 2020 ha puesto a prueba la fortaleza de las democracias de todo el mundo. En medio de los efectos de estas amenazas, hay por lo menos…

Read how reformers in Kaduna, Nigeria are empowering citizens to monitor major government projects and help the government plan and allocate funding for those projects more efficiently

Read how reformers in Sierra Leone are strengthening auditing bodies to reduce corruption in planning and spending.

Read how reformers in Kenya are working to overcome systemic corruption by ensuring that procurement data is open and accessible for all.

Read how reformers in Liberia are working together to ensure the autonomy and preservation of their land rights.

Read how reformers in Sierra Leone are working to address tax revenue losses through greater transparency and public accountability.

Read how reformers in Nigeria are working to end illicit financial flows through beneficial ownership transparency.

Read how reformers in Burkina Faso are strengthening mining sector governance through EITI.

Read how a user-friendly open budget portal in South Africa empowers citizens to advance social change.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s complex, decentralized and asymmetrical political system impairs reform. Yet the OGP process has demonstrated that even in contexts as complex as this, stakeholders can overcome political deadlock to make commitments in important areas of governance.