Monday, September 27th, 2010
Date: Date: 23 November 2010
Venue: Venue: St Anne's College, Oxford, UK
There are many debates about the ‘So what?’ question, in terms of concerns about the actual impact of international cooperation. What is the development sector actually achieving in terms of improving the lives of the poor? Have we focused on ...
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Announcement: 7 September: launch of online database of research accountability tools
The One World Trust, with support from the IDRC, has created an interactive, online database of tools to help organisations conducting policy relevant research become more accountable.
Processes of innovation and research are fundamental to improvements in quality of life and ...
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Alex Jacobs and Robyn Wilford. Development in Practice, Volume 20, Number 7, September 2010 Available as pdf
"Abstract: This article reports on a research project intended to develop systematic ways of managing downward accountability in an international NGO. Innovative tools were developed and trialled in six countries. The tools comprised a ...
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
Alnoor Ebrahim, V. Kasturi Rangan, Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard Business School (2010) Working Paper 10-099 Available as pdf
ABSTRACT
"Leaders of organizations in the social sector are under growing pressure to demonstrate their impacts on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. We review the debates around performance and impact, drawing on ...
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Michael Hammer, Charlotte Rooney, and Shana Warren
ISSN 2043-7943 Briefing paper number 125, March 2010. One World Trust.
"Global and national non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are the most distinct organisational form of civil society, and as such have become increasingly involved and influential in forming public opinion and policy through targeted and professional ...
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
New publications by the One World Trust:
"An Accountability Framework for Technological Innovation", ILAC Initiative (Institutional Learning and Change) Brief In this Brief, we offer recommendations to help an organization conducting technological research and design (R&D) to become more accountable. ...
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Dear colleagues
I'm writing to ask you to submit any tools you know of, or have developed, which you think could help build the accountability of research organisations. These will be entered into a publicly available online database. The One World Trust has been working with our partners to formulate an ...
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
(from the One World Trust 's "Accountability in Action" newsletter, January 2010)
"Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have seen a significant change in their role and influence in society and politics. They are now major providers of essential services, influential advocates for marginalised groups and knowledgeable advisors on public policy. As ...
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
(from the Pelican email list)
Dear all,
In reaction to the message that I sent to you earlier today, Alnoor Ebrahim sent me a link to a recent hearing of the US Congress Committee on Financial Services that looked into 'The World Bank's Disclosure Policy Review and the Role of Democratic Participatory ...
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
A report by Brendan Whitty, One World Trust, 2009?
This report
develops a framework for analysing accountability from a normative and instrumental perspective
allows think-tanks and research institutes to identify and balance their stakeholders;
presents guidelines to assist the practical implementation of accountability principles
The versions available
Accountability Principles for Research Organisations Executive Summary
Accountability Principles ...
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