There are many others I would like to add to this list of non-trends we should not start celebrating yet -- measurement (social impact, outcomes versus inputs), diversity, employee engagement, cause marketing, big data, water, transparency, development, global versus local, cities are good/no bad, social media, supply chains, partnerships, social enterprises versus nonprofits, etc.
After launching Sunshine Week with yesterday's successful Advisory Committee on Transparency event, it's a good time to reflect on positive transparency developments around the country (as opposed to yesterday's disheartening news).
This project aims to elucidate new insights about how lens cell morphogenesis and homeostasis are maintained for lens growth and transparency during development, and to provide innovative approaches for delaying age-related cataracts - a leading cause of blindness in the world.
But what is the link between transparency and development?
"The Mexican economy is way behind the U.S. and Canadian economy in terms of transparency, openness, development.
Matt also sits on the boards of Global Integrity (an NGO committed to promoting transparency in development) and the Budget Strengthening Initiative (BSI) run by the Overseas Development Institute.
The Transparency for Development (T4D) study was designed to answer the question of whether a community-led transparency and accountability program can improve health outcomes and community empowerment, and, if so, how and in what contexts.
He currently serves as co-principal investigator of Transparency for Development (T4D), a project consisting in the design and mixed-methods evaluation of interventions aimed at improving transparency and accountability in delivery of health services in developing countries.
Collaborative communities are perhaps best known through the Linux Foundation's Linux and through other open-source software efforts that are governed loosely by social norms and "soft" rules to encourage open access to information, transparency, joint development and the sharing of intellectual property.
AidData, which has garnered more than 500,000 page views on AidData.org and China.AidData.org so far this year, can bolster understanding and encourage transparency in development, he said.
Sound macroeconomic management, economic diversification, greater transparency, the development of capable institutions, and a strong political commitment to equitably distributing benefits will all be needed to ensure Myanmar avoids the "resource curse".
