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Digital Hubs: Creating Better Jobs, Reducing Poverty

9 January 2018
With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, new technologies shall become the major drivers of future economic growth but with certain limitations. Digital hubs can address all these constraints and serve as centers for innovation and future technologies. This presentation focuses on the…

Digital Financial Services and Financial Inclusion in the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges

9 January 2018
The Pacific Islands region is one of the least banked in the world. Digital finance could emerge as a major instrument in making financial services reach a larger population in the region by overcoming traditional constraints. However, several challenges remain in the way of digital finance itself…

Making Your Government Open Means Being Ready for Disruptive Technology

14 December 2017
The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization is driven by the philosophy of moving from traditional to intelligent governance in cities and recognizes the role of data and technology in this process. The end view is to see cities characterized by a high-level of community and citizen engagement…

Open Government for Inclusive Development

14 December 2017
The role of networks, such as the United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific in promoting open government practices through research, co-learning processes and mechanisms, and advocacy among member cities and local governments, is highlighted in this presentation. Networks, through advocacy,…

Citizen Voice and Action

14 December 2017
Citizen Voice and Action, a program of World Vision International, builds the capacity of citizens to hold governments accountable for the promises they make. It involves educating citizens about their rights, providing opportunities for government and citizens to collaboratively assess government…

Bojonegoro: Open and Participative Governance in Reducing Poverty

14 December 2017
From a very poor, constantly flooded regency with chronically corrupt local government, the Indonesian regency of Bojonegoro became one of the most admired subnational governments not only in Indonesia but also globally. Achieving this required a lot of effort not only on the part of the regent but…

The Nexus Between Corruption and Insecurity in Afghanistan

8 December 2017
Integrity Watch Afghanistan’s Sayed Ikram Afzali explains how corruption and insecurity reinforce each other. He also shared recommendations on how this challenge could be addressed.

Corruption, Security, Illicit Trade: Connecting the Dots

8 December 2017
In this presentation, criminology and criminal justice professor Nikos Passas tackled how corruption undermines governance, public policy, and services that can cause instability and turmoil.

The Freedom of Information Program One Year On

5 December 2017
In the one year that the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has been the lead agency in implementing Executive Order No. 2 in the Philippines, it has managed to set some of the groundwork required in execution of the freedom of information (FOI) program. The online tools,…

Philippine Statistical Authority: Making Access to Information a Meaningful Right

5 December 2017
The Philippine Statistical Authority was one of the first to implement a Freedom of Information Program in the country. The Philippine Statistical Authority's Freedom of Information (FOI) People’s Manual, submitted in November 2016, enabled the agency to process requests effectively and…