Access to clean water is a significant challenge worldwide. This is particularly so in the Global South, where the vast majority of the world’s population lives. In Uganda, roughly 8 …
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CoST Managers drive change in infrastructure transparency in workshop
Managers from our 20 member programmes including affiliates gathered in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to share their successes, challenges and lessons for increasing transparency, participation and accountability in public infrastructure. This …
Infrastructure Transparency Index 2023 and Ecuador’s challenges to make public infrastructure processes more efficient and transparent
By Manuel Gonzalez Caballero Amid the complexity of the policy context, tools can be developed to help establish a metric of transparency in the infrastructure sector. In recent years, …
CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative, welcomes Nusa Tenggara Barat Province as a member
The province made a compelling case for CoST as a catalyst for improving quality management processes in the infrastructure sector. The Nusa Tenggara Barat, Province of Indonesia, has been granted …
An infrastructure accountability story: Improving social and economic inclusion in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
In 2019, the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in Ghana was the first sub-national government to join CoST as a member, together with partners from the private sector and civil society. …
CoST Thailand’s new assurance report highlights
The sixth assurance report of CoST Thailand was recently published with open information from more than 100 public infrastructure projects. The report was published by the Multi-Stakeholder Group following completion …