ANTI‐CORRUPTION
JANAAGRAHA CENTER FOR CITIZENSHIP & DEMOCRACY – Karnataka
Improving Urban Governance
With rampant corruption and officials wielding unquestioned authority, underprivileged Indians rarely have
access to the resources allocated to them for their welfare. IDRF’s strategic programs are building productive
and honest relationships between local officials and under‐represented/most exploited members of society.
Better local governance means greater success in all development projects, because it creates the way for
marginalized people to advocate for themselves.
In 2014, IDRF sent a grant of $98,000 to the Janaagraha Center for Citizenship &
Democracy.
Janaagraha is a governance organization focusing on pan‐India campaigns & encouraging Indians to implement
social change in their local communities.
It works to improve quality of life in cities
and towns through good governance and
citizenship empowerment. It finds
solutions to urban challenges through a
structured road map of action.
The IDRF grant was at an institutional
level to help Janaagraha carry out
programs based on the city systems
framework that encompasses four inter‐
related dimensions which are critical to
the running of world‐class cities:
a) Urban Planning and Design,
b) Urban Capacities and Resources,
c) Empowered & Legitimate Political
Youth Engaged in Civic Administration Campaign
Representation,
d) Transparency, Accountability, and
Participation.
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