In 1958, newly-independent Morocco adopted the Moudawana, a traditional code of family law that legitimised practices like polygamy and forced marriage and contributed to the subjection of Moroccan women. Led by l’Union de l’Action Féminine, a reformist movement took shape… Read more

President Obama took office in 2009 with the intention of reforming several areas of the economy and civil society. Central to these was RTT, an initiative to bring innovative reforms to schools through competitive grants to selected states. RTT’s goals… Read more

As the new millennium began, London’s traffic was becoming increasingly slow-moving and environmentally harmful. For forty years, local and national government had analysed and debated the issue of a charging scheme for private vehicles in central London. When Ken Livingstone… Read more

South Korea has made the use of IT in government a key component of its administrative strategy since the 1960s. In 2001 it increased its focus on e-government through specific legislation. Since then it has developed the most advanced e-government… Read more

South Korea has made the use of IT in government a key component of its administrative strategy since the 1960s. In 2001 it increased its focus on e-government through specific legislation. Since then it has developed the most advanced e-government… Read more

Azerbaijan wanted to make its administrative services, such as issuing passports and driving licences, more transparent. It adopted an e-government model that brought all such activities into a one-stop shop, ASAN. The services were made available online and citizens could… Read more

The gradual destruction of the Amazon rainforest has been one of the most publicised of global environmental disasters. In 2003, the incoming government of President Lula da Silva created a coordinated plan to tackle illegal logging and other activities that… Read more

In 2009, the Malaysian government set up PEMANDU to lead change in the country and to ensure that its national transformation programmes were successfully delivered. It has focused on the key areas where public services and the economy were most… Read more

Although the presidential elections held in Ghana since multi-party democracy was established in 1992 had been largely free of violence, the 2008 elections threatened to change that. The Ghanaian Electoral Commission took steps to ensure that the elections were peaceful… Read more

In the early 2000s it became obvious that existing pensions schemes were inadequate for a nation that was saving less and living longer. The Labour government set up the Pensions Commission in 2004 to analyse the pensions system against the… Read more