[bestbits] FW: 7 New Research Grants to Understand What Works in Technology for Accountable Governance

[Becky Lentz]

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> Seven New Research Grants to Understand What Works in Technology for
> Accountable Governance
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> What works, what doesn¹t, and how in using technology for citizen voice,
> transparency and accountability
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>  Today Making All Voices Count is announcing seven new research projects that
> are helping us build a deeper understanding and evidence base on the role of
> technology in accountable governance. The call for proposals was divided into
> two parts Research Grants and Practitioner Research and Learning
> Grants.Rosemary McGee
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> Voices Count, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies
> outlines why this research is important in helping answer critical and
> persistent questions about governance initiatives:³I find it really exciting
> that the programme will be helping generate answers to some of the questions
> that I and others have struggled with for some time, about the contexts,
> actors, mechanisms and outcomes of tech-enabled citizen voice and government
> responsiveness initiatives.A few years ago I was involved in reviewing the
> effectiveness and impact of transparency and accountability work and had to
> conclude that the evidence base was full of holes.  These seven projects are
> steps towards filling in some of the holes in evidence and theory.  But also,
> some of them are going to answer specific accountability-related needs of our
> priority countries, they will all build or strengthen analytical and research
> capacity, and they are all going to produce findings that will increase the
> quality and relevance of action in this sector.²Read more >
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