I wonder how the collected data will be actually used to fight the corruption. It's a big issue also in my country (Armenia)
Fight against Corruption in India using technology
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#12@ishanagr - good job getting this out of the door. drop me a line if you want some help porting this to mobile & native apps. free of course, india needs random experiments like this for now.
Re: Fight against Corruption in India using technology
#13How do you expect this site to be used? Is this an attempt to list all the places where one has to bribe to get stuff done? Sadly, everybody knows the answer to that, it's everywhere. Is it an attempt show corruption is all-pervasive in India? The answer to that is also obvious.
My question is this: let's say everyone with access to the internet used your site and reported all the bribes they paid, how will this help change the situation?
Re: Fight against Corruption in India using technology
#14@ishanagr - good job getting this out of the door. drop me a line if you want some help porting this to mobile & native apps. free of course, india needs random experiments like this for now.
I think they already have an Android app, see https://market.android.com/details?id=com.level2.bhrastachar
Re: Fight against Corruption in India using technology
#15@ishanagr - good job getting this out of the door. drop me a line if you want some help porting this to mobile & native apps. free of course, india needs random experiments like this for now.
I think they already have an Android app, see https://market.android.com/details?id=com.level2.bhrastachar
Hey, thanks! Yeh we already do! We released it a while back but android market is not that big in india.. so heres the website!
Re: Fight against Corruption in India using technology
#16@ishanagr - good job getting this out of the door. drop me a line if you want some help porting this to mobile & native apps. free of course, india needs random experiments like this for now.
Thanks i will get in touch with you soon!
Re: Fight against Corruption in India using technology
#17How do you expect this site to be used? Is this an attempt to list all the places where one has to bribe to get stuff done? Sadly, everybody knows the answer to that, it's everywhere. Is it an attempt show corruption is all-pervasive in India? The answer to that is also obvious. My question is this: let's say everyone with access to the internet used your site and reported all the bribes they paid, how will this help…
Our alert system can help journalists and administration to keep up with the cases around there areas. People might use it avoid offices with higher corruption cases. All the data will is available so anyone can do their own analytics. You may also dropin your email id while reporting and if authorities want they could contact you for evidence.
Re: Fight against Corruption in India using technology
#18The last time something like this was tried in India, people just used it as a guide to find out who needs to be bribed for what purpose.
Technology can be misused, but we cant let in come in the way of the benefits it provides.
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#19How do you expect this site to be used? Is this an attempt to list all the places where one has to bribe to get stuff done? Sadly, everybody knows the answer to that, it's everywhere. Is it an attempt show corruption is all-pervasive in India? The answer to that is also obvious. My question is this: let's say everyone with access to the internet used your site and reported all the bribes they paid, how will this help…
Efforts like this and ipaidabribe.com shed light on societal processes that are poorly understood and undocumented.
I see it helping in few ways. First, it provides a quantitative look at it, so you know what your corruption tax is going to be. Second, there are regional variations, so in the medium-term, people can respond to this information to make better choices (yes, it is everywhere, but how bad is it?). Third, in the long-term, this can potentially impact governance. Public perception can be powerful, so I could see progressive entities trying to get off these websites.
Re: Fight against Corruption in India using technology
#20How do you expect this site to be used? Is this an attempt to list all the places where one has to bribe to get stuff done? Sadly, everybody knows the answer to that, it's everywhere. Is it an attempt show corruption is all-pervasive in India? The answer to that is also obvious. My question is this: let's say everyone with access to the internet used your site and reported all the bribes they paid, how will this help…
Also, with legislation like the Citizen's Right to Grievance Redress Bill we are hoping that practices will soon be in place that provide a channel to the anti corruption agencies for complaints. At that point the data available via CorruptionTrak could help greatly in investigations.
In addition, we believe there are people in the administration who want to change things. To cite a success story for http://ipaidabribe.com/, a similar website
"Several government officials at different levels, some of them horrified at finding their department high up on the list of bribe-takers, have contacted Janaagraha and asked for its help in building better structures. One was a commissioner of a transport department, who realized that he could reduce corruption by minimizing the number of touchpoints between citizens and officials."
(taken from http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/indian-website-uncover...)
That said, this is an experiment. It will take some time before we can gauge the success of our initiative.