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A tax on the poor to benefit the rich: Corruption and Inequality

I often wondered what impact doing my job from a developing country instead of a developed one would have on my thinking about inequality. One area where I can see a big shift is my feelings about corruption and its…

Building a Peaceful and Safer World through Collective Action in the Fight against Corruption

by Sanjay Pradhan, Ulla Tørnæs, Delia Ferreira, Mari Kiviniemi (Joint blog post by Government of Denmark, Transparency International, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and OGP) Over the last year, political rights and civil liberties around the world have experienced a…

Aprovechando OGP para Impulsar el ODS # 6

Los principios de transparencia, participación pública y rendición de cuentas han sido reconocidos en políticas sectoriales sobre agua y sanitación como lo ilustran los Principios de Gobernanza del Agua de la OCDE. Un número de instituciones financieras internacionales han apoyado…

National Water Plan: A plan built with the people

In 2017, Uruguay launched its first National Water Plan, which represents a political and technical instrument that will regulate integrated and sustainable water management for the next 15 years. The plan includes commitments by public agencies and private entities and…

Troubled Water: How Countries Can Achieve their Water Commitments

Those of us who work at the intersection of water and open government know that the Open Government Partnership (OGP) provides an exciting opportunity to leverage transparency, participation, and accountability strategies to address Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) public service…

Leveraging OGP to Advance SDG 6

The principles of transparency, public participation and accountability are recognized as key to water and sanitation policies, as OECD’s Principles on Water Governance demonstrate. A number of international financial institutions have supported this work, including the Inter-American Development Bank (IABD)…

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