When trying to solving deep-rooted systemic challenges, would you ever think to focus on making business licenses more transparent? If not, you should think again – open-source platform Visor Urbano is doing just that! A cooperation project between Bloomberg Philanthropies and the State of Jalisco, Mexico, the platform has so far been replicated across 25 cities. It aims to help governments to digitise and manage licensing procedures while reducing the digital divide, political corruption, and promoting regional socio-economic development. In this session, the Visor Urbano team joins us all the way from Guadalajara to share their journey to speeding up long, complex, and extensive bureaucratic procedures, while combating high level of corruption and favoritism – surely not an easy ride! Key achievements include reducing bribery requests from municipal agents by at least 74%, and reducing the time required to permits from an average of one month to just a few days.
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An Unexpected Lever to Reduce Political Corruption