Accountability
Transforming Iowa: The Iowa Reinvention Partnership,
1999 - 2006
By Jim Chrisinger and Babak Armajani
At our recent conference in Cambridge, former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack described his experiences reinventing State of Iowa government with The Public Strategies Group. This article expands on Governor Vilsack's remarks and discuss the importance of an approach to accountability that is both broad and deep. Iowa illustrates the results a comprehensive and integrated government transformation effort can accomplish. Read more>> |
Ethics
Business Ethics and Anti-Corruption: World Bank Corporate Governance Initiative
By Philip Armstrong
As part of the learning and innovation process to leverage governance as an effective anti-corruption tool, the Global Corporate Governance Forum and the Center for International Private Enterprise conducted an international consultation to examine the role of the private sector in combating corruption through effective business ethics and corporate governance mechanisms. The proceedings report of this consultation identifies an ample menu of lessons, challenges, and mechanisms that are being put in place by companies to not only mitigate the sources of corruption, but also to build ethical business organizations. Read more>> |
Choosing Success
Vietnam's Future Hinges on Improved Governance
by David Dapice, Dwight Perkins, et al
Harvard renders a stark assessment of Vietnam's prospects for growth if it fails to adopt the defining governance characteristics of the East Asian development model. If it is to realize its potential and maintain its trajectory, it must learn to separate economic and political power. Read more>> |
The Impumelelo Innovations Award Trust cordially invites you to:
The 2008 Awards Gala, May 17, 2008 at Cape Town City Hall, ZA
Keynote Address: Prof. Elaine Kamarck, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA
RSVP: (27 21) 461 3783
For more information about the Impumelelo Award Trust, go to www.impumelelo.org.za.
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On the Ground with the Innovations in Governance and Public Action Network:
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Innovations and Excellence in Chinese Local Governance Program in China
Local governments in China are using a variety of tools to ensure accountability to the citiznes they serve. Through its yearly award, the Innovations and Excellence in Chinese Local Governance Program has documented the work being done. Three of those programs are:  Automatic Approval Procedures to Cut Down Red Tape, Nankai District, Tianjin City: Dealing with administrative inefficiency and delayed application decisions, the Nankai District Government initiated a radical innovation to achieve regulatory reform. Service Charter, Yangling Agricultural Demonstration Zone, Shanxin Province: Since 2003, all branches and levels of local government in this zone have signed charters outlining standards of service to the public, resulting in marked improvement in client satisfaction. Eight Step Working Procedure, Maliu Township, Kai County, Chongqing City: As a way to rationalize village politics and improve mechanisms for government accountability and transparency, all important matters in local politics must pass through eight stages before being ratified. Click here for additional award-winning programs in China. |
 Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition, and Replication
Sandford F. Borins, editor
Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition, and Replication presents a comprehensive approach to advancing the practice and study of innovation in government. It discusses new research in innovation, explores the impact of several programs that recognize innovation, and considers challenges to the replication of innovations. For more information, click here.
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The State of the Native Nationsr: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination
The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
The State of the Native Nations, published by Oxford University Press, documents the resurgence of the more than 500 federally recognized American Indian Tribes in the United States. As Andrew Lee, one of the principal co-authors, comments, "We are breaking cycles of dependence, taking control, and setting new standards of performance, accountability, and conceptions of what is possible." For more information, click here.
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Tools for Fighting Corruption: Ethics, Accountability, and Transparency