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1 December 2008
International Lenders Permit Georgia to Limit Release
of Information; Groups Protest Lack of Transparency
Transparency was a casualty when international donors gathered recently to consider emergency aid to Georgia.
Civil society groups requested disclosure of the primary document to be discussed at the multi-donor conference — the… -
25 October 2006
UNDP Panel Makes First Decision, And Guts Disclosure Policy
Alasdair Roberts
Syracuse University
The UNDP Oversight Panel, established in 1997 to oversee the organization’s Information Disclosure Policy, issued the first decision in its history on October 9. Unfortunately, the decision robs the Information Disclosure Policy of most of its… -
17 July 2006
UNDP Seminar Spotlights Complexity of Expanding Right to Know
By Toby McIntosh
Fostering the right to know in developing countries requires multi-faceted, flexible strategies, according to the minutes of a May 2006 seminar sponsored by the United Nations Development Program.
The 31 seminar participants, with practical experience in many…
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