by FP_admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Media Coverage
Campaigners from the Fifth Pillar charity, which confronts corrupt officials using freedom of information legislation, have issued notes bearing the image of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of its freedom struggle
by FP_admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Media Coverage
Chennai: At the second-floor office of 5th Pillar, a three-year-old Chennai-based non-governmental organization (NGO), 40-year-old Vijay Anand vociferously evangelizes to a crowd of 25 people on a Saturday evening. He urges the group—a mix of students and working...
by FP_admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Media Coverage
In a country where corruption is embedded in everyday life, encouraging someone to hand over yet another banknote to a grabbing hand might not seem the best way to stop the problem. Read More.
by FP_admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Media Coverage
An Indian U of Maryland physics prof came up with these zero rupee notes that Indians can slip to officials who demand bribes. They’ve been wildly successful, with a total run over over 1,000,000 notes, and the reports from the field suggest that they shock grafters...
by FP_admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Media Coverage
I was forced to mull on this question by the runway popularity of a recent post by Fumiko Nagano on the World Bank blog regarding the efforts of 5th Pillar to fight Corruption in India with Zero Rupee Notes. Since then, it has taken the digital world by storm with...
by FP_admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Media Coverage
The seemingly constant redesigning of U.S. currency and the rise of the design-community-approved, architecture-centric Euro (only the Netherlands could get away with a coin this cool) has led to a wave of art and design projects that toy with what our money looks...
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