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The social contract in the 21st century
Economic outcomes and the relationship between individuals and institutions have shifted for workers, consumers, and savers in advanced economies.
Rethinking global governance
“Institutional reform and change are easier said than done… governments cannot do it on their own….This publication … includes perspectives and recommendations from ‘unusual suspects’ including think tankers, academics, activists, journalists and representatives of the private sector” (Islam 2020).
Public Participation in the National Budget: Lessons from Pilot Town Hall Meetings in Afghanistan
"Based on pilot town halls in Afghanistan, this piece examines how citizens can participate in the formulation of the national budget. Initial findings identified citizens’ stronger-than-expected interest with the national budget, and how their engagement can be leveraged to improve government oversight, national accountability, and the inclusivity and performance of state services" (Institute for State Effectiveness, 2020).
Human Rights In Asia-Pacific: Review Of 2019
"It was a year of repression, but also of resistance. The Chinese government clamped down with renewed force on the freedoms promised to the people of Hong Kong under the terms of the handover of the territory...In the streets, those freedoms were doughtily defended against the steepest odds.” (Amnesty International, 2020)
Decoding Media Impact: Insights, Advice & Recommendations
This report “includes examples of successful media impact evaluation, tools and frameworks for assessment, and the challenges of defining and measuring impact in a rapidly-shifting media landscape” (Donnelly 2020).
Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts
How could Earth’s changing climate impact socioeconomic systems across the world in the next three decades? A yearlong, cross-disciplinary research effort at McKinsey & Company provides some answers.
Fixing Democracy Demands the Building and Aligning of People's Motivation and Authority to Act
Han explores how to “strengthen the capacity of people to exercise their voices in the democratic process—and instantiate the authority they have to hold economic and political leaders accountable within institutions” in order to address underlying democratic issues and reform democracy (Han, 2020).
Integrated Advocacy: Paths Forward For Digital Civil Society
“This report investigates how digital public policy implicates civil society in democracies and how to strengthen, expand and diversify the practical connections between civil society support organizations and digital policy experts” and covers “the current landscape and the possibilities for building broad civil society coalitions” for digital policy (Stanford PACS, 2020).
Time to care: Unpaid and underpaid care work and the global inequality crisis
"Governments around the world must act now to build a human economy that is feminist and values what truly matters to society... Investing in national care systems to address the disproportionate responsibility for care work done by women and girls and introducing progressive taxation… are possible and crucial first steps."
Civil Society and Post-Independence Democracy Levels
"The role of civil society for the consolidation of democracy is contested… This paper argues that the existence of democratic CSOs prior to democratic transition strengthen post-independence democracy whereas non-democratic CSOs have a detrimental effect" (Lührmann and Grahn, 2019).
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