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The Victims of Corruption

Last week at the OpenGovHub- the Accountability Lab’s home- we listened to two heavyweights in the fight against corruption: Frank Vogl, Co-founder of both Transparency International and The Partnership for Transparency Fund; and Ronald…See More

Feb 7

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Useful Versus Useless Transparency

Transparency has frequently been cited as a cure to corruption. Freedom of information has been declared a universal human right, with over 70 countries adopting it as such to date.However, as Albert Einstein once said, “Not everything that counts can be measured and not everything that can be measured counts.” As more and more governments are becoming transparent, we must consider the usefulness of…See More

Jan 31

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Anne Sophie Lambert is now a member of knowledge management for development

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Occupation/Title: Resident

Organization: Accountability Lab

Organization Type: NGO

Organization URL: http://www.accountabilitylab.org/

Areas of KM Expertise: Participatory Decision-Making, Research, Information Management

Blog URL: http://bloggingonaccountability.org/

Languages Spoken: English, Japanese

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The Victims of Corruption

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Posted on February 7, 2013 at 10:35am

Useful Versus Useless Transparency

Transparency has frequently been cited as a cure to corruption. Freedom of information has been declared a universal human right, with over 70 countries adopting it as such to date.

However, as Albert Einstein once said, “Not everything that counts can be measured and not everything that can be measured counts.”…

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Posted on January 10, 2013 at 9:00pm