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		<title>Between too much and too little: a tentative framework for putting trust in government into context</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2021/07/08/between-too-much-and-too-little-a-tentative-framework-for-putting-trust-in-government-into-context/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a dialogue with his disciple Tsze-kung, Confucius advises that a government needs three things: weapons, food, and trust. And if a ruler cannot maintain the three of them, he should give up the weapons first and the food next.&#160; &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/07/08/between-too-much-and-too-little-a-tentative-framework-for-putting-trust-in-government-into-context/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/07/08/between-too-much-and-too-little-a-tentative-framework-for-putting-trust-in-government-into-context/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>46 favorite reads on democracy, civic tech and a few other interesting things</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently been exchanging with some friends on a list of favorite reads from 2020. While I started with a short list, it quickly grew: after all, despite the pandemic, there has been lots of interesting stuff published in the &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New IDS Journal – 9 Papers in Open Government</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2016/01/27/new-ids-journal-9-papers-in-open-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 06:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new IDS Bulletin is out. Edited by Rosemary McGee and Duncan Edwards, this is the first open access version of the well-known journal by the Institute of Development Studies. It brings eight new studies looking at a variety of &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2016/01/27/new-ids-journal-9-papers-in-open-government/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2016/01/13/world-development-report-2016-digital-dividends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Development Report 2016, the main annual publication of the World Bank, is out. This year&#8217;s theme is Digital Dividends, examining the role of digital technologies in the promotion of development outcomes. The findings of the WDR are simultaneously &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2016/01/13/world-development-report-2016-digital-dividends/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=1142&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>Now the paper: Evidence of Social Accountability Initiatives</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2014/09/24/now-the-paper-evidence-of-social-accountability-initiatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago I wrote about Jonathan Fox&#8217;s work on the evidence of social accountability initiatives. Initially in the format of a PDF slide presentation, it has now been turned into a magnificent paper, the first of the GPSA &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2014/09/24/now-the-paper-evidence-of-social-accountability-initiatives/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=1045&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>New Book on 25 Years of Participatory Budgeting</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2014/06/10/new-book-on-25-years-of-participatory-budgeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago I mentioned the launch of the Portuguese version of the book organized by Nelson Dias, &#8220;Hope for Democracy: 25 Years of Participatory Budgeting Worldwide&#8221;. The good news is that the English version is finally out. Here&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2014/06/10/new-book-on-25-years-of-participatory-budgeting/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=998&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>A Review of the Evidence on Open Budgeting</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2014/02/18/a-review-of-the-evidence-on-open-budgeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brand new. &#8220;A Review of the Evidence on Open Budgeting&#8221; is a recent report by the World Bank Institute&#8217;sCapacity Development and Results team. It explores key questions and existing evidence around the impact of open budgeting.&#160;Despite the growing body of &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2014/02/18/a-review-of-the-evidence-on-open-budgeting/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=956&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>Participation, Transparency and Accountability: Innovations in South Korea, Brazil, and the Philippines</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2014/02/03/participation-transparency-and-accountability-innovations-in-south-korea-brazil-and-the-philippines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report by Brian Wampler&#160;for the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT): Citizen participation in budgetary and other fiscal processes has been expanding at international, national, and local levels over the past 15 years. The direct participation of citizens, it &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2014/02/03/participation-transparency-and-accountability-innovations-in-south-korea-brazil-and-the-philippines/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=924&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>Open Data and Citizen Engagement – Disentangling the Relationship</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2013/11/29/open-data-and-citizen-engagement-disentangling-the-relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is a cross-post from Sunlight Foundation's &#160;series&#160;OpenGov Conversations, an ongoing discourse featuring contributions from transparency and accountability researchers and practitioners around the world.]&#160; As asserted by Jeremy Bentham nearly two centuries ago, &#8220;[I]n the same proportion as it is &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2013/11/29/open-data-and-citizen-engagement-disentangling-the-relationship/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=869&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>37 Papers on Transparency</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2013/10/26/37-papers-on-transparency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 16:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEC Paris has just hosted the 3rd Global Conference on Transparency Research, and they have made the list of accepted papers available. Judging from the amount and quality of papers from this year&#8217;s and last year&#8217;s conference in the Netherlands, &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2013/10/26/37-papers-on-transparency/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=858&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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