http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11917 duncan green poverty to power oxfam development Thu, 23 May 2013 12:52:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11917&cpage=1#comment-253522 Charles Gay Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:59:48 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11917#comment-253522 Glad to see Samadhan getting some attention! VSO has supported this online platform project in partnership with UNMC using a mix of international but primarily local community volunteers as active citizens. The background is a lot of hard work building up RTI skills and building a coalition of CSOs who are stronger together and can provide training and resources. For more information see http://www.vsointernational.org/advocacy/37438/samadhan%3A-citizens-action-for-governance - where we noted a higher number of resolved complaints than reflected in the screen grab above(its about 10% over the past twelve months and this is a relatively new project) - the pressure on local authorities comes from the publicity and this website and platform has proved a good force for transparency and social accountability. Glad to see Samadhan getting some attention! VSO has supported this online platform project in partnership with UNMC using a mix of international but primarily local community volunteers as active citizens. The background is a lot of hard work building up RTI skills and building a coalition of CSOs who are stronger together and can provide training and resources.
For more information see http://www.vsointernational.org/advocacy/37438/samadhan%3A-citizens-action-for-governance – where we noted a higher number of resolved complaints than reflected in the screen grab above(its about 10% over the past twelve months and this is a relatively new project) – the pressure on local authorities comes from the publicity and this website and platform has proved a good force for transparency and social accountability.

]]> http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11917&cpage=1#comment-251138 Ken Smith Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:40:13 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11917#comment-251138 I'm not an expert in Vietnamese geography but the map simply looks like a population density urban/rural split. The real deal would be to compare similar provinces and see who was doing better and why ? I’m not an expert in Vietnamese geography but the map simply looks like a population density urban/rural split. The real deal would be to compare similar provinces and see who was doing better and why ?

]]> http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11917&cpage=1#comment-250801 John Magrath Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:49:57 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11917#comment-250801 It's intriguing on the map that the best and high performers, and the low and poor performers, don't look to be randomly scattered but occur together in blocks of adjoining provinces. Mapping this way will invite citizens and researchers to investigate why. Are the poor performing provinces the most marginal and where government is poorly resourced? does poor performance start with one "bad apple" that has a bad influence on neighbours? etc. It’s intriguing on the map that the best and high performers, and the low and poor performers, don’t look to be randomly scattered but occur together in blocks of adjoining provinces. Mapping this way will invite citizens and researchers to investigate why. Are the poor performing provinces the most marginal and where government is poorly resourced? does poor performance start with one “bad apple” that has a bad influence on neighbours? etc.

]]> http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11917&cpage=1#comment-250765 Jairo Acuna Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:35:41 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11917#comment-250765 Duncan, thanks for this blog on our PAPI experience in Viet Nam. It is very encouraging for the team. On your question "why does everything interesting always seem to come from Vietnam?". The answer in this case, is because there is a great team of dedicated Vietnamese citizens actively involved and willing to go the extra mile and do things outside of the box. This is despite the political sensitivities that the exercise carries and other less sensitive but more troublesome players. And also, due to the innovative "collective action" approach for the implementation. Duncan, thanks for this blog on our PAPI experience in Viet Nam. It is very encouraging for the team. On your question “why does everything interesting always seem to come from Vietnam?”. The answer in this case, is because there is a great team of dedicated Vietnamese citizens actively involved and willing to go the extra mile and do things outside of the box. This is despite the political sensitivities that the exercise carries and other less sensitive but more troublesome players. And also, due to the innovative “collective action” approach for the implementation.

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