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Electricity Goverance Initiative Launched in Brazil

By Davida Wood on June 23, 2008
Location: Brazil

EGI offers a new hope for electricity in Brazil.

Building Laws That Work for the Poor

By Remi Moncel on June 20, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

What is the link between the rule of law and poverty?

MEDIA ADVISORY - Madeleine Albright to Discuss U.S. Poverty, Empowerment and the Environment

June 13, 2008

WHAT: The World Resources Institute and the Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (CLEP), will discuss a new global survey of

Can the World Bank Lead on Climate Change?

June 11, 2008
Location: Washington, D.C.

As the finance ministers of the G8 countries begin their annual meetings this Friday in Osaka, Japan, they are expected to endorse two multibillion dollar funds to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

Freedom of Information Not Enough to Hold Governments Accountable on Environment

June 5, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

While many national governments have made real progress in honoring their 1992 Rio Earth Summit commitments to better include the public in environmental decisions, a new book released here today in honor of World Environment Day finds that all the countries studied have fallen short in some aspect.

Freedom of Information is Not Enough

By Jon Talbot on June 5, 2008

It would be impossible to identify all the decisions to be made by governments that will affect the environment in different places in the coming years.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Book Launch and Panel Discussion - Voice and Choice: Opening the Door to Environmental Democracy

May 23, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT: In honor of

What Does Environmental Democracy Look Like?

By Monika Kerdeman on April 28, 2008
Environmental democracy is about government being transparent, accountable, and involving people in decisions that affect their environment. 20 countries in The Access Initiative (TAI) network are expanding their work to promote environmental democracy. Here is a summary of what’s ahead in 2008 and beyond.

Lead in Our Water-A Washington, DC Mystery

By Joseph Foti on March 22, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

As part of World Water Day, The Access Initiative (TAI) is releasing a case study of how in 2004, poor data dissemination put the citizens of the capital of the world’s richest country at risk from lead in their drinking water.

Poor in Senegal Denied Benefits of Forest Resources

By Jesse Ribot on March 17, 2008

In many developing countries, forestry policies systematically exclude the poor from the wealth of the forests around them. Senegal provides an interesting example of how even good policies can fail to deliver the benefits they are intended to provide.

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