The Ujima Project, a collection of databases, documents and other resources, aims to bring transparency to the workings of governments, multinational non-governmental organizations and business enterprises in developing countries.
The Ujima Project can be described as "reverse transparency." Although information on foreign aid, developmental contracts, weapon sales, lobbying, and other activities might be hard to come by in developing countries, it is publicly available from various government and international organizations in Europe and the United States. The Ujima project is a centralized repository of all such information.
The Ujima Project is an endeavor of The Center for Public Integrity, an internationally renowned non-profit organization dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern. The Great Lakes Media Institute, the Investigative Reporters and Editors, an international journalism organization of investigative reporters and editors based at the University of Missouri-Columbia, have played a key role in the development of this project.
