On March 25, the Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP), in partnership with the Human Development Network at the World Bank, will be hosting a half-day seminar titled “Demanding Good Governance – Inside and Out.” This event will feature real-world examples of demand-side interventions that have been incorporated into service delivery.

The discussion will focus on efforts to improve the capacity of citizens to engage policy makers through access to use of information. Speakers and participants will include experts from the Results for Development Institute and representatives from IMOs funded through current and past TAP grant rounds, who will be sharing their work.

This seminar will be held in Washington, DC at the World Bank, room JB1-080, from 9:00am- 1:00pm.

If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Check@resultsfordevelopment.org.

Agenda:

9:00-9:30- Demanding Good Governance to Improve Development Outcomes
Dena Ringold, Senior Economist, World Bank and Nicholas Burnett, Managing Director, Results for Development Institute
Transparency and Accountability Program Grantees (Overview of Peer Review Workshop and Research Results)

9:35-11:05- Access and Use of Information
Chair: Tamar Manuelyan, HD Sector Director, ECSHD
Presentations:
- Peru - Recurso, Ana Maria Boudet, Consultant, LCSHS
- Information for Accountability in Madagascar, Jee-Peng Tan, Adviser, HDNED and Cornelia Jesse, Operations Officer, AFTED
- Stop Stock-Outs Campaign, HEPS Uganda, Denis Kibera
Discussants: Deon Filmer, Lead Economist, DECRG and Sakthivel Selvaraj, Public Health Foundation of India

11:05-11:15- Coffee Break

11:15-12:45- Social Accountability for Service Delivery
Chair: Daniel Ritchie, Adviser, Partnership for Transparency Fund
Presentations:
- Philippines Conditional Cash Transfer Program - 4P, Yasuhiko Matsuda, Senior Public Sector Specialist, EASPR
- Community Monitoring of Health Worker Absenteeism, CUTS India, George Cheriyan
- Monitoring Delays in Guatemalan School Resources, CIEN, Guatemala, Jorge Lavarreda
Discussants: Nora Dudwick, Senior Social Scientist, PRMPR, and Diana Agabi (ABANTU for Development – Nigeria)

12:45-1:00- Closing Remarks
Ariel Fiszbein, HDN Chief Economist, World Bank, David de Ferranti, President, Results for Development Institute, and Linda Frey, Program Officer, Hewlett Foundation