Policy Resources

What steps can the United States take to further transparency and accountability? Alex Howard offers six concrete steps to lead on open government by example.

Latin America and the Caribbean adopted the Escazu Agreement to guarantee the rights of all people to have a healthy environment, to develop sustainably, and to fight against inequality and discrimination.

América Latina y el Caribe adoptó el Acuerdo de Escazú con el propósito de garantizar los derechos de todas las personas a un medio ambiente sano, al desarrollo sostenible y luchar contra la desigualdad y la discriminación. El Estado Abierto…

What is the Open Government Challenge and why was it launched? The Open Government Challenge is a call to action for all members to raise ambition in ten areas of open government to help strengthen our democracies and improve our…

This literature review by Matías Valderrama, María Paz Hermosilla, and Romina Garrido focuses on transparency in a broader sense and seeks to bring more clarity to the concept of algorithmic transparency by identifying some of the main mechanisms that have been proposed in the literature to promote it.

How can countries better manage existing and future debt challenges? This report assesses the empirical evidence on the consequences of debt transparency to understand its potential use as a tool to combat continued challenges to debt sustainability.

By Joseph Foti, Paula Pérez, Christina Socci, and Dieter Zinnbauerin collaboration with The B Team Overview The Business Case for Open Government In 2011, reformers—including government ministers, mayors, parliamentarians, justices, journalists, and activists—launched the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Through the…

As we face challenges that affect our democracies the need to integrate a local perspective to identify innovative solutions to the most pressing issues cities face is more evident than ever.

A medida que hacemos frente a los retos que afectan a nuestras democracias, es más evidente que nunca la necesidad de integrar la perspectiva local para identificar soluciones innovadoras a los problemas más urgentes de las ciudades. La Cumbre...

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) represents an important platform for advancing the implementation of the Escazú Agreement, which aims to guarantee the rights of access to environmental information, public participation in environmental decision-making, access to justice in environmental affairs, and…

La Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP, por sus siglas en inglés) constituye una plataforma importante para avanzar en la implementación del Acuerdo de Escazú...

As you think about where your tax payers‘ money go, spare a thought whether you have a say in it. One of the ways to do so is participatory budgeting. For over thirty years now, participatory budgeting has been used…

Civil society plays an essential role in democratic societies, leading to more ambition, stronger policies, and better results. See five important insights from a Democratic Freedoms Learning Network webinar on the importance of civic space.