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Post-2015 Has Provided Us All With A “Big Tent”

July 2, 2014

In their paper The Benefits of a Big Tent: Opening Up Government in Developing Countries, J Goldstein and J Weinstein argue for a “big tent”; one term under which open data and open government communities can pursue a common goal. I … Continue reading →

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Designing Sustainable Citizen Engagement Initiatives

March 12, 2014

Recently I lost a relative in what seemed to be a case of profit-first-service-later after he was turned away by a private hospital. He had been run over by a car and was now sent to the Kenyatta National Hospital … Continue reading →

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Build it and the government will come: The problem with Civic Tech.

March 3, 2014

Those of us who have been involved in open data and the broader open government space may believe ourselves to be too sophisticated to believe the ‘build it and they will come’ approach will work with civic tech. However, for … Continue reading →

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Open Data. Cui Bono.

November 20, 2013

Bandying latin phrases around maybe a sign I have had too much coffee to drink. Nevertheless, I can find no short way to ask “who stands to gain?”. Altruistically speaking, Access to Information Laws, open data policies, open government efforts…they … Continue reading →

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We Need Politicians for Social Accountability Mechanisms to Function

August 1, 2013

Peer reviews have been in existence for a very long time. The field of science has long used peer reviews to keep bad science in check and promote good science. On their own, peer reviews allow people at the same … Continue reading →

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Is it Possible to Harmonize Development Plans?

July 27, 2013

I had just put out a piece that explores whether countries in Africa are harmonizing the different plans they generate when someone asked me whether I’d be willing to call for harmonization vs alignment. Development plans within governments don’t always … Continue reading →

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