This briefing paper provides an overview of these approaches and key factors to consider when designing a social accountability intervention. It also includes case studies from within and outside the ...

Services are failing poor people! This is the damning declaration contained in the World Development Report (WDR) 2004 that first alerted the world to the state of service delivery and the urgent need ...

Does stronger community monitoring increase the effectiveness of local development projects? We conduct a randomized ...

ULAANBAATAR, November 11, 2015—The World Bank and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) today launched a $3 million project to boost social accountability in Mongolia in the next four ...

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2015—The Dominican Republic has become the first country in the global South to join the group of donors who are funding the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA), a ...

Investing in people’s nutrition, health care, quality education, and skills is crucial to developing a productive society. Join us for a discussion on the urgency of addressing the human capital gap ...

Last summer, institutions across sectors were called to account for their failure to address systemic racism. Many organizational leaders addressed the backlash by requesting trainings and ...

Ensuring women’s inclusion in citizen-led accountability programming relating to extractive industries Make sure your gift to Oxfam America goes directly to where it's most needed, without delay, with ...

The students pictured here are participating in math class at Kabwadu Primary School in the Copperbelt region of Zambia. Photo: Bekki Frost/Oxfam Copper campaign in Zambia ensures mining revenues are ...

During coffee breaks at the past two annual Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conferences, I’ve asked dozens of impact investors: Do you evaluate and mitigate the risk of social or environmental harm ...

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults develop the ability to manage their emotions, achieve goals, show empathy, build relationships and make responsible ...

“Bullies are always to be found where there are cowards.” --Gandhi Few would argue with this observation of Gandhi’s, or with many of his other ...