Six years ago, the Transparency for Development (T4D) project sought to uncover new and unique evidence on the role of community-led transparency and accountability in improving health outcomes – and how and why we see mixed evidence when these interventions are implemented in the real world. Based on large-scale mixed methods research utilizing quantitative and qualitative approaches in two countries (Indonesia and Tanzania) and small innovative pilots in three additional countries (Ghana, Malawi, and Sierra Leone), the project now has a lot more information about how these popular approaches to citizen engagement and participation work – and ways in which they can fail to reach their goals.
On Wednesday, September 25th the T4D team shared results – including the good, the bad, and the unclear – from this one-of-a-kind research project and discussed what is needed next in the field.
The conversation included principal investigators from the Transparency for Development project:
Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS
Stephen Kosack, Visiting Associate Professor of Public Policy, HKS
Jessica Creighton, Assistant Director
Jane Mansbridge, Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values at HKS, moderated.
A transcript of this talk is available online here: https://ash.harvard.edu/event/when-where-and-how-does-transparency-and-accountability-improve-health?#audiorecording
