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		<title>Voices in the Code: Citizen Participation for Better Algorithms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voices in the Code, by David G. Robinson, is finally out. I had the opportunity to read the book prior to its publication, and I could not recommend it enough. David shows how, between 2004 and 2014 in the US, &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2022/09/29/voices-in-the-code-citizen-participation-for-better-algorithms/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2022/09/29/voices-in-the-code-citizen-participation-for-better-algorithms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[government effectiveness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Open Government]]></category>
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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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