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Dos Santos died as he had lived and governed: in silence. His silence, and what he accomplished with it, is his most enduring legacy.
The New Development Bank doesn’t have mechanisms that communities can use to hold it accountable or seek redress.
With one exception, it offers refreshing guidance to jurisdictions across Australia showing signs of complacency about integrity.
Patient safety incidents were already a leading cause of death in Canada. With that crisis converging with the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care is being pushed to a breaking point.
South Africa could benefit from having a dedicated institution to oversee whistleblower protection.
The majority of planners believe that land is captured with impunity by powerful interest groups in Zambia and South Africa.
Voluntary medical societies have important roles in professional education and advocacy for doctors and patients, but there is need for transparency about relationships with pharma and health industry.
Our experts rated the Coalition’s model as either very unsatisfactory or a fail. Most agreed Labor’s proposed model is much better, but said a lot more detail is needed.
What should be done to enhance Indonesia’s emission trading scheme’s accountability? We list three points to consider to further enhance the scheme’s transparency.
Perceptions that South African police treat people disrespectfully, lack impartiality or transparency, and are prone to brutality
undermine public confidence in them.
The west African master has been awarded for his lifelong focus on grassroots architecture and empowering local communities.
Buyers are avoiding Russian oil in response to the war in Ukraine. Can smaller producers leverage this moment to strike favorable deals with big oil companies?
Federal and state governments are turning to a facial recognition company to ensure that people accessing services are who they say they are. The move promises to cut down on fraud, but at what cost?
The Australian Electoral Commission has released parties’ financial disclosures for 2020-21. But our picture of what is going on with political funding in Australia is still woefully inadequate.
African countries should adopt measures that strategically play rivals against each other. They should implement long-term strategies and domestic policies for dealing with strategic partners.
Misinformation will continue to strain society in 2022 as the lines between misinformation and political speech blur, cynicism grows and the lack of regulation allows misinformation to flourish.
As the year ends, New Zealand has done well in important global measures of success. But closer to home, the numbers often told a different story.
How the government contracts and pays suppliers in a pandemic demands transparency and strict standards. Some say New Zealand can do better.
The Coalition has made promises on whistleblower protection and must soon reveal its plan for a federal integrity commission. Now is the time for both parties to prove they can take real action.
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Joel Lexchin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
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Professor of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Adelaide
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Economist, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
