by David Sasaki | Jan 14, 2023 | English, Gates Foundation, Philanthropy
Why are children are still dying of hunger in Turkana when Kenya’s GDP per capita has quadrupled over the last twenty years and new SUVs search for parking in Nairobi‘s many shopping malls?
![[Grant] Mexican Institute for Competitiveness](https://i0.wp.com/davidsasaki.name/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2013-01-02-at-4.46.PM_.jpg?resize=444%2C221&ssl=1)
by David Sasaki | Oct 23, 2012 | English, Work
This blog post is a summary of a $900,000 grant from Omidyar Network to the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO) for general operating support over three years, with a special focus on the development of their Compara Tu Escuela platform. This information is...
![[Dispatch] #LimaAssembly: Enhancing Government Transparency and Accountability through Technology Platforms](https://i0.wp.com/davidsasaki.name/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-16-at-5.18.PM_.jpg?resize=600%2C197&ssl=1)
by David Sasaki | Oct 17, 2012 | English, Work
The following are my notes from the session “Enhancing Government Transparency and Accountability through Technology Platforms” at the World Movement for Democracy conference in Lima, Peru. Matt Bannick, the managing partner of Omidyar Network, begins the...
by David Sasaki | Apr 13, 2012 | English, Open Government, Work
OpenSpending.org has simple goal that is extraordinarily difficult to achieve: wherever you may live, you enter in how much you earn per month, press a button, and poof, a stunning visualization of where your tax money goes. Let’s say I’m a British...
by David Sasaki | Apr 4, 2012 | English, Work
Politicians love to make promises. Here in Mexico, presidential contender Enrique Peña Nieto even spent the morning of the first official day of campaigning at a public notary’s office where he signed his name next to his first three campaign promises. But...
![[Report] Parliamentary Power to the People](https://i0.wp.com/davidsasaki.name/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-Shot-2012-03-29-at-1.46.PM-1.jpg?resize=974%2C675&ssl=1)
by David Sasaki | Mar 29, 2012 | English, Open Government, Work
Brazil-based transparency and freedom of information scholar Greg Michener has authored the first major report on the use of online platforms to understand and monitor parliaments in Latin America. Commissioned by the Open Society Foundations, “Parliamentary...
