¿Vigilancia sin control? Las veedurías ciudadanas en Colombia y Ecuador

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Monitoring without Control? Citizen Oversight Committees in Colombia and Ecuador

{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} In Spanish, the term veeduría comes from the verb to see or observe, which is why in some regions of Latin America it is associated with organized citizen monitoring of the public sector. Doing veeduría is a form of citizen…

The Media as an Ally in the Fight Against Tax Privileges

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La lucha mediática contra los privilegios fiscales

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Defensor/a: un término que se refiere a las y los defensores indígenas de derechos comunitarios de la salud en Guatemala

{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} English version: Defensor/a: A Term to Refer to Indigenous Health Rights Defenders in Guatemala En las comunidades indígenas de Guatemala se está utilizando el concepto “defensor/a” en español para describir a los defensores comunitarios del derecho de salud. ¿Cómo se…

Defensor/a: A Term to Refer to Indigenous Health Rights Defenders in Guatemala

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The Responsible Use of Authority and Power with the Spirit of Ubuntu: The Msoro Chiefdom in Zambia

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The Oromo Gadaa System and its Accountability Values

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The Corporate Accountability Paradox

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Introducing the Concept of Social Accountability in Women’s Cooperatives in Indonesia

{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} Akuntabilitas sosial (the direct translation of Social Accountability in the Indonesian language) is a new phrase that has only been known in recent years in Indonesian politics and development. Before international development agencies brought the term Akuntabilitas sosial to Indonesia,…