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22 April 2013
CSOs Say IMF Transparency Policy Worst Among IFIs
19 April 2013
World Bank Officials Praise Impact of Access Reforms
29 March 2013
IMF Transparency Criticized; Consultations Called Flawed
11 March 2013
World Bank Audit Questions Transparency of IFC Lending
4 March 2013
World Bank Appeals Board Issues First Decisions
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20 May 2013
Future of FOI Bill in Philippines Remains Up to Aquino
By Benjamin Diokno
Diokno served as Secretary of Budget and Management from 1998 to 2001. He teaches Public Economics at the UP School of Economics. This article first appeared in the Malay Business Insight.
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10 May 2013
Moldova Not Implementing RTI Law, World Bank Reports
Little has been done to implement Moldova’s 2000 right to information law, according to a report prepared for the World Bank.
“After almost a decade, the RTI system has been very inadequately institutionalized,” according to an examination of Moldova that… -
22 April 2013
Model Access Law for Africa: A Response to Felt Need
By Gilbert Sendugwa
Sendugwa is Coordinator & Head of Secretariat, Africa Freedom of Information Centre.
The Model Law on Access to Information for Africa recently launched by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) an outcome of felt… -
19 April 2013
Right to information? You are in queue!
By Shailesh Gandhi
Gandhi is a former commissioner at the central information commission. This article is reprinted with permission from GovernanceNow, where it was first run on April 17. “GovernanceNow is a multi-media initiative for participatory reportage and analyses related… -
5 April 2013
Uganda Access Law Faces Many Challenges, Report Says
Implementation of Uganda’s law on access to information suffers because of weaknesses in the judicial system and a culture of secrecy, among many other factors, according to a detailed World Bank report.
The report was written by Anupama Dokeniya, a…
