Browsing by Author "Fung, Archon"

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    • Can Transparency and Accountability Programs Improve Health? Experimental Evidence from Indonesia and Tanzania 

      Arkedis, Jean; Creighton, Jessica; Dixit, Akshay; Fung, Archon; Kosack, Stephen; Levy, Dan; Tolmie, Courtney (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2019-05)
      We assess the impact of a transparency and accountability program designed to improve maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes in Indonesia and Tanzania. Co-designed with local partner organizations to be community-led ...

    • Democratizing the Federal Regulatory Process: A Blueprint to Strengthen Equity, Dignity, and Civic Engagement through Executive Branch Action 

      Fung, Archon (Harvard Kennedy School, 2021-10)
      While legislation tends to get more attention, the regulatory process within the executive branch is at the core of day-to-day democratic governance. Federal regulation and rule-making engages dozens of agencies and affects ...

    • Designing for Community Engagement: Toward More Equitable Civic Participation in the Federal Regulatory Process 

      Fung, Archon; Gilman, Hollie Russon; Schmitt, Mark
      To understand the advantages of and challenges to a reformed regulatory review process, New America’s Political Reform program and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. ...

    • Encouraging Participation 

      Kosack, Stephen; Bridgman, Grant; Creighton, Jessica; Tolmie, Courtney; Whitt, Preston; Fung, Archon (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2019-12-05)
      Can civic engagement that is encouraged by a development program be empowering and helpful for improving public services? Transparency and accountability or social accountability programs are a popular approach to improving ...

    • Insights from Transparency and Accountability Action Plans in Indonesia and Tanzania 

      Creighton, Jessica; Arkedis, Jean; Fung, Archon; Kosack, Steve; Levy, Dan; Tolmie, Courtney (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2020-01)
      This paper provides insight into community designed and led actions in Indonesia and Tanzania that were prompted by Transparency for Development (T4D), a six-year research project that explores whether, how, and in what ...

    • Participation, Power and Preferences in International Development 

      Grillos, Tara (2015-09-28)
      Participatory development is widely touted as the remedy for ineffective and disempowering top-down development models of the past. However, participation can take many different forms, so an important open question for ...

    • Strengthening Models of Civic Engagement: Community-Informed Approaches to Inclusive and Equitable Decision-Making 

      Fung, Archon; Gilman, Hollie Russon; Schmitt, Mark (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, New America, 2022-07)
      For too long the federal policymaking process has been mysterious and inaccessible to everyone but the most sophisticated, elite stakeholders. Not only has this made the policymaking process exclusive to long-standing ...

    • Transparency for Development Baseline Report 

      Arkedis, Jean; Creighton, Jessica; Fung, Archon; Kosack, Stephen; Levy, Dan; Naimpally, Rohit; Roots, Lindsey; Tolmie, Courtney (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2016-09)
      This baseline report describes the baseline data collection activities, baseline findings and revised primary outcomes for the impact evaluation of phase one of the Transparency for Development (T4D) project. The report ...

    • Transparency for Development: Evaluation Design Report 

      Arkedis, Jean; Creighton, Jessica; Fung, Archon; Kosack, Stephen; Levy, Dan; Naimpally, Rohit; Tolmie, Courtney (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2015-02)
      The Transparency for Development Evaluation Design Report describes the mixed methods evaluation design for the Transparency for Development project as of February 2015 – just before the start of the first data collection ...

    • Transparency for Development: Project Results & Implications 

      Fung, Archon; Arkedis, Jean; Creighton, Jessica; Kosack, Steve; Levy, Dan; Tolmie, Courtney (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2021-01)
      The Transparency for Development (T4D) project was launched in 2013 to try to answer these challenging questions and to make sense of a highly mixed evidence base. Ultimately, we sought to design research that could provide ...