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Identifying Legal Needs and Their Costs
Identifying Legal Needs and Their Costs
Lessons from Reformers: Researchers can dig deeper at the national level.

September 20, 2019

2019

Improving Access to Justice for Individuals with Limited Decision-Making Capacity in Ireland
Improving Access to Justice for Individuals with Limited Decision-Making Capacity in Ireland
Lessons from Reformers: In 2016, Ireland committed to support the independence of adults with capacity difficulties.

September 20, 2019

2019

Diversifying Funding for Legal Aid in the U.S.
Diversifying Funding for Legal Aid in the U.S.
Lessons from Reformers: The Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable agencies have worked across different presidential administrations to connect civil legal aid to each administration’s priorities.

September 20, 2019

2019

Institutionalizing Community Paralegals: The South African Experience
Institutionalizing Community Paralegals: The South African Experience
Lessons from Reformers: Serving as grassroots advocates, community paralegals act as first responders to injustice in their communities.

September 20, 2019

2019

Establishing Special Courts
Establishing Special Courts
Lessons from Reformers: Specialized courts can provide greater access to justice and transparency for individuals with legal problems.

September 20, 2019

2019

Leveraging OGP to Implement the OCDS in Nigeria
Leveraging OGP to Implement the OCDS in Nigeria
Lessons from Reformers: The government of Nigeria made a commitment in its first OGP action plan (2017–2019) to adopt the OCDS in its public procurement systems.

May 29, 2019

2019

Municipal Budget and Spending Data for Water in the Netherlands
Municipal Budget and Spending Data for Water in the Netherlands
Lessons from Reformers: Starting in 2015, Dutch local governments began providing financial data through a web portal at www.openspending.nl...

May 29, 2019

2019

The Case for Open Contracting in Infrastructure
The Case for Open Contracting in Infrastructure
Lessons from Reformers: According to the International Monetary Fund, the inefficiencies in public infrastructure amounts to around 30%.

May 29, 2019

2019

Committing Funding to Build Civil Society in Latvia
Committing Funding to Build Civil Society in Latvia
Lessons from Reformers: As part of the Soviet Union, Latvia did not have a tradition of civil society organizations...

May 29, 2019

2019

Security and Freedom of Association in Uganda and Nigeria
Security and Freedom of Association in Uganda and Nigeria
Lessons from Reformers: The fight against money laundering and terrorism has come into tension with freedom of association and assembly in a number of countries...

May 29, 2019

2019

Fixing Past Problems with State Funding for CSOs
Fixing Past Problems with State Funding for CSOs
Lessons from Reformers: Serbia’s first OGP action plan (2014–2016) had an explicitly ambitious commitment on the transparent funding of CSOs...

May 29, 2019

2019

Ukraine’s National Beneficial Ownership Register Goes Global
Ukraine’s National Beneficial Ownership Register Goes Global
Lessons from Reformers: The government of Ukraine committed to an open registry as part of its 2016–2018 OGP action plan...

May 29, 2019

2019