Conducting a Corruption Survey in Madagascar

March 18, 2010 — Posted by  
Filed under Africa, Democracy and Governance, Madagascar, Strategic Communications

Casals & Associates was awarded a contract to assist Madagascar’s Conseil Supérieur de Lutte Contre La Corruption (CSLCC), the nation’s federal office charged with fighting corruption. Under World Bank, U.S. Agency for International Development and United Nations Development Programme funding,... Learn More

Curbing Corruption and Encouraging Fiscal Responsibility in Malawi

March 18, 2010 — Posted by  
Filed under Africa, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted Casals & Associates in 2006 to lead a $7.7 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Country Program in Malawi. The overall goal of the two-year program was to strengthen government integrity to support Malawian efforts... Learn More

Enhancing Good Governance and Democracy in Mexico

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Mexico awarded Casals & Associates the $22.5 million Greater Transparency and Accountability of Governments in Mexico Project in 2003. The five-year award folded together several smaller USAID/Mexico democracy and governance contracts,... Learn More

Reducing Corruption in Colombia

Casals & Associates successfully completed a three-year, $8 million anticorruption project in Colombia in December 2006. The project increased transparency, efficiency, and public management within Colombia´s government institutions at the national, departmental, and municipal levels as well as... Learn More

Strengthening Government Financial Management in Ghana

March 17, 2010 — Posted by  
Filed under Africa, Democracy and Governance, Ghana

Casals & Associates was awarded a World Bank-funded contract in the late 1990s to provide technical assistance to the government of Ghana on the proposed reform of the the country’s Public Financial Management System as a means of preventing corruption. Areas of reform evaluated included the following: Revenue... Learn More

Mexico – Regional Forum on Good Governance

March 16, 2010 — Posted by  
Filed under Strategic Communications

Through our contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to assist Mexico in strengthening democracy and governance programs, Casals & Associates worked with Mexico’s Secretary of Public Administration (Secretaría de la Función Pública) and the Spanish Agency for International... Learn More