How Do World Bank Projects Commit to Citizen Engagement?
The World Bank provides one of the world’s largest sources of international development funding, in 2019 committing US$62.3bn in loans,…
Type: Briefs/Notes
The Women of Caltongo Who Opened the Government’s Doors: Social Accountability at the Edge of Mexico City
The government’s plans to repair a central avenue in the Mexico City neighborhood of Caltongo brought together a group of…
Heroes on Strike: Trends in Global Health Worker Protests During COVID-19
This Accountability Note describes global trends in health worker protests between March 11, 2020 and March 10, 2021. We argue…
Defending the Right to Health in Guatemala: Reflections of Two Indigenous Women on the Frontlines
In the following interview excerpts, Benilda Batzin of CEGSS and Paulina Culum of REDC-Salud describe how they work together to…
The Ethnic Chapter of Colombia’s Peace Agreement Five Years On: An Independent Assessment
In 2016, the Colombian Peace Agreement included an Ethnic Chapter designed to ensure the representation of and oversight by indigenous…
From Peoples’ Struggles to Public Policy: The Institutionalization of the Bhilwara Framework of Social Accountability in India
This Accountability Note describes and explains a set of principles for social accountability that emerged out of the struggles of…
Bottom-Up Accountability in Uganda: Learning from People-centered, Multi-level Health Advocacy Campaigns
This brief analyzes how the Accountability Can Transform Health (ACT Health) program activated bottom-up citizen action to secure government responses…
Practical Ways CSOs Can Manage Closing Civic Space
This post argues that cCivic space has been closing everywhere for a long time – from the UK to Mexico…