Implementing transparency faces formidable challenges in the decentralized governance. All these efforts seem overarching the formal procedures at the national level, such as ownership, licensing, and revenue management, but limited encompassing informal features which are deeply ingrained in the social-political features at the local level. This article highlights the role of transparency which is actual to advance market-relevant information but insufficient to develop information which is relevant to the needs of citizens. In the absence of citizenship framework, the implementation of transparency limited concerns in eliminating informality to raise accountability. On the contrary, it might do undermining the community-based economy which is often stuck down by informality as the consequences. read more ...

NRGI has worked with the Asia-pacific and all regional knowledge-hubs to develop a survey for our hubs' training alumni. This online survey will be a tool for all hubs to have an integrated database of alumni, as today NRGI's hubs and global course have produced 1319 alumni, in which ASPAC itself has as much as 137 alumni coming from 19 countries. read more ...

For centuries, the Indonesian island of Belitung was known by outsiders for little more than its tin industry. Ten years on, the island has clear appeal. Azure waters, golden sandy beaches and smooth, stacked boulders mark its coastline. Many of Belitung’s inhabitants want to capitalize on this beauty. But further inland, the mining sector’s continued hold and the challenges of economic diversification are apparent. read more ...