Tackling grand corruption impunity: proposals for a definition and special measures
Grand corruption, also known as political corruption, state capture, or kleptocracy, thrives in environments with weak checks on executive power…
Theme: Transparency & Open Government
Governance Reform and Public Service Provision: Institutional Resilience and State-Society Synergy
This brief review of institutionally resilient participatory oversight reforms in four countries spotlights how hybrid, collaborative governance can work in…
Kyiv’s Mobilization for Restoration: A Landscape Analysis of Ukrainian Government Authorities Organizing for a Marshall Plan
Over the past decade, Ukraine has undergone a profound transformation from a closed post-Soviet oligarchy to an open society striving…
Beyond Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: An Economic Prognosis
This document aims to provide context for the new government (and the private sector) by outlining and commenting on the…
#LearningwithIntegrity: Reflections on Global Integrity’s closure
Initially, I planned to share hard-learned lessons related to Global Integrity’s closure so others could avoid similar mistakes. It was…
Assessment of Myanmar Civic Space
This updated monitoring assessment from a working group of local Myanmar civil society organizations (CSOs) and networks explores the challenges…
Shared experience and surprises as Mali democracy school alumni visit Europe
NIMD was delighted to host 14 alumni of the Mali Democracy School at the end of 2022, on a trip…
Loophole masters: how enablers facilitate illicit financial flows from Africa
Building Worker Power in Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Apparel, Cocoa, and Seafood
This working paper is about the campaigners and worker organizers in the global South and North who have challenged the…
Red Lines Around a Free and Fair Polish Election
The October 15, 2023 Polish parliamentary election will not be fair. The country’s last fair election was in 2015, when…