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Interactive Voice Response Daily Monitoring System
The field notes series seeks to document the implementation of accountability mechanisms built into key government programs for service delivery. Between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm every day, headmasters of government-run elementary schools in Uttar Pradesh receive an automated phone call from state headquarters asking them to report on the number of mid-day meals served … Continue reading "Interactive Voice Response Daily Monitoring System"
Oversight Agencies in Commonwealth Countries
This brief looks at the legislative framework pertaining to oversight agencies or Ombudsman in select Commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and United Kingdom, whose mandate entails investigating complaints against administrative action of the government and its agencies.
World’s First Rating of Right to Information: 89 Countries Ranked
Cross posted from http://www.access-info.org/ On International Right to Know Day, two leading human rights organisations, Access Info Europe (Spain) and the Centre for Law and Democracy (Canada), are launching the first detailed analysis of the legal framework for the right to information (RTI) in 89 countries around the world. The RTI Rating is based on 61 Indicators … Continue reading "World’s First Rating of Right to Information: 89 Countries Ranked"
Before Data Analysis Begins…
Finally, the PAISA District surveys are over! The Jalpaigudi survey has just been completed; the filled, checked and rechecked questionnaires have now reached us. It took us 4 months to cover 140-145 schools across 9 PAISA districts[1]. Quite an exciting and eventful few months, I must say! It gives us a great sense of achievement … Continue reading "Before Data Analysis Begins…"
Pot luck from the field
At the outset, please allow me to be honest: I ran out of topics to write on. So while scanning for inspiration (and low hanging fruit), I took the most common recourse by looking at previous blog entries. And the good thing is that I didn’t have to look very far! In a previous post, … Continue reading "Pot luck from the field"