Moves: Daniel Kaufmann, “a renowned expert on governance and anti-corruption issues worldwide,” will become president of the Revenue Watch Institute in September 2012, Revenue Watch announced June 14. Kaufmann is currently a Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution and a former director at the World Bank. He will succeed Karin Lissakers, who has served as president since 2006.
Research: An article written by Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen and Eric Welch (“Developing and Testing a Theoretical Framework for Computer-Mediated Transparency of Local Governments”) was recently published in Public Administration Review. Link to the full article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02532.x/abstract
Research: See FreedomInfo.org summary of recent Utrecht University conference on transparency.
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