Public trust isn’t a “nice to have," it’s the foundation of democracy.

Ambassador Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande explains how citizens’ juries in Malawi bring people into local budgeting and development decisions, building transparency and trust by design.

Excerpt from a Global Stage livestream at UN HQ on the International Day of Democracy at the 80th UN General Assembly.

Watch more of GZERO Media’s Global Stage series, sponsored by Microsoft, from the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly here: gzeromedia.com/globalstage

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