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Accountability Research Center bridges research & grassroots perspectives to learn from & inform strategies to improve public and corporate accountability. Based at American University, Washington DC. https://accountabilityresearch.org/
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At ARC, we work with our partners to advance accountable governance reforms. We provide technical & analytical accompaniment for research, learning, & strategy. We seek spaces where we can support power shifts towards more #accountability, #transparency & #participation accountabilityresearch.org
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲: 𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
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Ten Dimensions of Network Strengthening: Lessons from Health Rights Advocates in Guatemala, Mexico, and the Philippines - Accountability Research Center
Reflections of four health rights CSOs in Guatemala, Mexico, and the Philippines, on what it takes to strengthen networks of volunteers.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲: 𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
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English: bit.ly/3L8X8kF Spanish: bit.ly/46T4AsC
Find out about all ARC's latest publications and team news in our newsletter for September and October: mailchi.mp/f22a1a16c21d...
Strengthening Volunteer Networks for Health Rights | Open Parliaments in Africa | Responsiveness and Accountability
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October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The IFC review of its Sustainability Framework risks rhetoric over reform: remedy gaps, weak oversight, and opacity persist as IFIs lean on private finance despite evidence of harm.
More in our latest Inside the Institutions:
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@re-course.org @arc-au.bsky.social
More in our latest Inside the Institutions:
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@re-course.org @arc-au.bsky.social
IFC Sustainability Framework Review
This Inside the Institutions critically analyses the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) review of its Sustainability Framework, amidst intensifying scrutiny of its harmful investments.
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October 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The IFC review of its Sustainability Framework risks rhetoric over reform: remedy gaps, weak oversight, and opacity persist as IFIs lean on private finance despite evidence of harm.
More in our latest Inside the Institutions:
🔗 tinyurl.com/IFCSustainab...
@re-course.org @arc-au.bsky.social
More in our latest Inside the Institutions:
🔗 tinyurl.com/IFCSustainab...
@re-course.org @arc-au.bsky.social
What would it take to shift civic engagement to the center of the World Bank’s development model? New analysis from Lindsay Coates & Rachel Nadelman looks at the Bank's strategic framework for civic & citizen engagement & asks what's at stake.
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The World Bank’s Civic Test
The World Bank is considering Citizens at the Center, a new framework that seeks to move civic engagement from a procedural add-on to a core part of development, with CSOs as partners and community pa...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What would it take to shift civic engagement to the center of the World Bank’s development model? New analysis from Lindsay Coates & Rachel Nadelman looks at the Bank's strategic framework for civic & citizen engagement & asks what's at stake.
www.cgdev.org/blog/world-b...
www.cgdev.org/blog/world-b...
Twenty social organization leaders - seven working languages - three days of learning together in Choachí, Colombia. Sharing strategies on how to encourage governments to listen and deliver effectively to all citizens. Reflections, analysis, action to come. Watch this space!
September 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Twenty social organization leaders - seven working languages - three days of learning together in Choachí, Colombia. Sharing strategies on how to encourage governments to listen and deliver effectively to all citizens. Reflections, analysis, action to come. Watch this space!
This International Day of Democracy: a vision of parliaments as capable of listening, adapting, and co-governing with citizens. @idahknowles.bsky.social discusses how the open parliament idea plays out in African democracies. English: bit.ly/44wrbJ9 French: bit.ly/3HMux3p
Open Parliaments for Inclusive and Participatory Oversight in Africa - Accountability Research Center
How are advocates of open parliaments redefining openness as an evolving process that centers equity, participation, and institutional responsiveness?
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September 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This International Day of Democracy: a vision of parliaments as capable of listening, adapting, and co-governing with citizens. @idahknowles.bsky.social discusses how the open parliament idea plays out in African democracies. English: bit.ly/44wrbJ9 French: bit.ly/3HMux3p
This International Day of Democracy: a vision of parliaments as capable of listening, adapting, and co-governing with citizens. @idahknowles.bsky.social discusses how the open parliament idea plays out in African democracies. English: bit.ly/44wrbJ9 French: bit.ly/3JrVBp9n
Open Parliaments for Inclusive and Participatory Oversight in Africa - Accountability Research Center
How are advocates of open parliaments redefining openness as an evolving process that centers equity, participation, and institutional responsiveness?
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September 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This International Day of Democracy: a vision of parliaments as capable of listening, adapting, and co-governing with citizens. @idahknowles.bsky.social discusses how the open parliament idea plays out in African democracies. English: bit.ly/44wrbJ9 French: bit.ly/3JrVBp9n
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲? When those in power appear to listen to citizen voices, how can we make sense of their responses? @jonathanfox707.bsky.social's new blog proposes 3 categories: response, responsiveness, & accountable responsiveness. English: bit.ly/4mREn2Y
September 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲? When those in power appear to listen to citizen voices, how can we make sense of their responses? @jonathanfox707.bsky.social's new blog proposes 3 categories: response, responsiveness, & accountable responsiveness. English: bit.ly/4mREn2Y
Find news of our latest publications, events and practitioner reflections on accountability work in our July-August newsletter
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Citizen Action and Legislative Oversight in the Philippines | Fisher Organizing in Ghana | Whistleblower Protection in Mexico
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September 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Find news of our latest publications, events and practitioner reflections on accountability work in our July-August newsletter
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Nouveau blog: «Des parlements ouverts pour un contrôle inclusif et participatif en Afrique» @idahknowles.bsky.social #parlementsouverts doivent devenir des espaces d’apprentissage, où les parlementaires écoutent réellement, s’adaptent et co-gouvernent avec les citoyens. Lisez ici :
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Des Parlements Ouverts pour un Contrôle Inclusif et Participatif en Afrique - Accountability Research Center
Comment les défenseurs des parlements ouverts redéfinissent-ils l'ouverture comme un processus évolutif centré sur l'équité, la participation et la réceptivité institutionnelle?
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August 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Nouveau blog: «Des parlements ouverts pour un contrôle inclusif et participatif en Afrique» @idahknowles.bsky.social #parlementsouverts doivent devenir des espaces d’apprentissage, où les parlementaires écoutent réellement, s’adaptent et co-gouvernent avec les citoyens. Lisez ici :
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The School of International Service is currently inviting applications for three tenure-track assistant professor positions beginning August 1, 2026. 🧵 ⬇️ #AcademicSky
August 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The School of International Service is currently inviting applications for three tenure-track assistant professor positions beginning August 1, 2026. 🧵 ⬇️ #AcademicSky
What's needed for meaningful civil society engagement in budget processes? In her new op-ed for @rappler.bsky.social, Joy Aceron offers three guiding principles for truly impactful civil society participation
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[OPINION] How can civil society have a truly meaningful engagement in the budget process?
Here are three important guideposts to achieve that goal
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August 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
What's needed for meaningful civil society engagement in budget processes? In her new op-ed for @rappler.bsky.social, Joy Aceron offers three guiding principles for truly impactful civil society participation
www.rappler.com/voices/thoug...
www.rappler.com/voices/thoug...
"The climate emergency is real in Nepal ... but despite some important efforts to drive change, climate finance and decision-making is not citizen centric." This blog suggests pathways for moving towards climate finance and policy that's more accountable to young people
August 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"The climate emergency is real in Nepal ... but despite some important efforts to drive change, climate finance and decision-making is not citizen centric." This blog suggests pathways for moving towards climate finance and policy that's more accountable to young people
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The ITF Fishers' Rights Network and Kesatuan Pelaut Indonesia signed an agreement in Jakarta yesterday to continue and expand our joint work in the fisheries sector.
The agreement solidifies a vital partnership for the ITF's Global Justice for Fishers campaign www.justiceforfishers.org
The agreement solidifies a vital partnership for the ITF's Global Justice for Fishers campaign www.justiceforfishers.org
Home - ITF Fisheries
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July 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The ITF Fishers' Rights Network and Kesatuan Pelaut Indonesia signed an agreement in Jakarta yesterday to continue and expand our joint work in the fisheries sector.
The agreement solidifies a vital partnership for the ITF's Global Justice for Fishers campaign www.justiceforfishers.org
The agreement solidifies a vital partnership for the ITF's Global Justice for Fishers campaign www.justiceforfishers.org
ARC & Fisheries Governance Project, organized a Fisher Learning Exchange in Ghana. Participants included representatives from unions, fisher associations, fish processor associations & fishery management organizations. Rea communique bit.ly/4ffEOkE
July 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
ARC & Fisheries Governance Project, organized a Fisher Learning Exchange in Ghana. Participants included representatives from unions, fisher associations, fish processor associations & fishery management organizations. Rea communique bit.ly/4ffEOkE
During a meeting with ARC and partners, Ghana's Fisheries Minister emphasized that Ghana’s progress in fisheries governance will be best sustained through broad partnerships and inclusive policymaking. Read more: ghextractives.com/fisheries-mi...
Fisheries Minister Emelia Arthur engages Accountability Research Centre on sector reforms - Gh Extractives
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, July 24, the Minister shared details of the engagement, which took place at her office the previous day.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
During a meeting with ARC and partners, Ghana's Fisheries Minister emphasized that Ghana’s progress in fisheries governance will be best sustained through broad partnerships and inclusive policymaking. Read more: ghextractives.com/fisheries-mi...
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The Anti-Corruption Tracker is live! This interactive, regularly updated resource catalogs how U.S. oversight systems are being dismantled—from watchdog firings to weakened enforcement. Follow the erosion, action by action.
Explore the tracker here:
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...
Explore the tracker here:
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...
The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability
This Anti-Corruption Tracker focuses on the erosion or dismantling of oversight and accountability systems within the United States Executive Branch
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July 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Anti-Corruption Tracker is live! This interactive, regularly updated resource catalogs how U.S. oversight systems are being dismantled—from watchdog firings to weakened enforcement. Follow the erosion, action by action.
Explore the tracker here:
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...
Explore the tracker here:
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...
New Accountability Note! How can civil society network and an official state oversight body interface for a shared agenda of systemic education reform? Joy Aceron and Abrehet Gebremedhin share a case study from the Philippines bit.ly/4f3yVHm
July 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New Accountability Note! How can civil society network and an official state oversight body interface for a shared agenda of systemic education reform? Joy Aceron and Abrehet Gebremedhin share a case study from the Philippines bit.ly/4f3yVHm
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Full article: Farmer movement oversight of the Mexican Government’s scaled-up fertilizer program
Jonathan Fox & Carlos García Jiménez
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Jonathan Fox & Carlos García Jiménez
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
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Farmer movement oversight of the Mexican Government’s scaled-up fertilizer program
How can national policies to promote food self-sufficiency also enable agroecological transitions? Mexico’s recent agricultural policy priorities shifted from larger, irrigated farmers to focus mai...
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January 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Full article: Farmer movement oversight of the Mexican Government’s scaled-up fertilizer program
Jonathan Fox & Carlos García Jiménez
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Jonathan Fox & Carlos García Jiménez
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵"
New LaborLinkPod episode on complex dynamics in Ghana's fishing sector. Which orgs represent small-scale fishers & work to bring their views to the policy table? bit.ly/3UejeDt
New LaborLinkPod episode on complex dynamics in Ghana's fishing sector. Which orgs represent small-scale fishers & work to bring their views to the policy table? bit.ly/3UejeDt
July 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵"
New LaborLinkPod episode on complex dynamics in Ghana's fishing sector. Which orgs represent small-scale fishers & work to bring their views to the policy table? bit.ly/3UejeDt
New LaborLinkPod episode on complex dynamics in Ghana's fishing sector. Which orgs represent small-scale fishers & work to bring their views to the policy table? bit.ly/3UejeDt
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Our new #ObserverSummer25 is out now🚀
This edition covers civil society demands of unconditional debt relief in #Jubilee2025, IMF's upcoming surveillance review, World Bank's billions to trillions 'fantasy', Sri Lanka, Argentina & the IMF, #FFD4, and more 🔥👇
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This edition covers civil society demands of unconditional debt relief in #Jubilee2025, IMF's upcoming surveillance review, World Bank's billions to trillions 'fantasy', Sri Lanka, Argentina & the IMF, #FFD4, and more 🔥👇
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Summer 2025 - Bretton Woods Project
This edition covers the Jubilee Year 2025 and calls at FfD4 to break the cycle of debt, IMF's Surveillance review, IDA21 package, Argentina, Sri Lanka and the IMF, and more.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Our new #ObserverSummer25 is out now🚀
This edition covers civil society demands of unconditional debt relief in #Jubilee2025, IMF's upcoming surveillance review, World Bank's billions to trillions 'fantasy', Sri Lanka, Argentina & the IMF, #FFD4, and more 🔥👇
tinyurl.com/ObserverSumm...
This edition covers civil society demands of unconditional debt relief in #Jubilee2025, IMF's upcoming surveillance review, World Bank's billions to trillions 'fantasy', Sri Lanka, Argentina & the IMF, #FFD4, and more 🔥👇
tinyurl.com/ObserverSumm...
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁. Taking stock of USAID’s past efforts could inform future locally-led approaches by international donors. New article Jeff Hallock, @jonathanfox707.bsky.social, Nick Chen: bit.ly/3GNowTt
USAID's Locally‐Led Development Agenda: Open Government and Independent Monitoring
USAID's ambitious localization agenda between 2021–2024—suspended in early 2025—aimed to provide more funding for local organizations, strengthen local systems, and co-create with local communities. ...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁. Taking stock of USAID’s past efforts could inform future locally-led approaches by international donors. New article Jeff Hallock, @jonathanfox707.bsky.social, Nick Chen: bit.ly/3GNowTt
Three years ago Carlos Guerrero Orozco described a new Mexican government program for protecting whistleblowers. His update documents rollback and reflects on new systems currently under development.
bit.ly/3IfW7FW
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July 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Three years ago Carlos Guerrero Orozco described a new Mexican government program for protecting whistleblowers. His update documents rollback and reflects on new systems currently under development.
bit.ly/3IfW7FW
bit.ly/3IfW7FW
Hace 3 años, Carlos Guerrero Orozco describía un nuevo programa del Gobierno mexicano para proteger a los denunciantes. En la actualización de ese blog, documenta los retrocesos y reflexiona sobre los nuevos sistemas que se están desarrollando actualmente. bit.ly/46xg9pw
July 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hace 3 años, Carlos Guerrero Orozco describía un nuevo programa del Gobierno mexicano para proteger a los denunciantes. En la actualización de ese blog, documenta los retrocesos y reflexiona sobre los nuevos sistemas que se están desarrollando actualmente. bit.ly/46xg9pw