• 17 September 2015

    Mauritius PM Pledges Preparation of FOI Bill

    The government of Mauritius has announced in a statement that is “committed to bring forward a Freedom of Information Act.” The promise came from Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth in reply to a question in the National Assembly. The statement says such a law will “promote transparency and accountability in public administration and more particularly in […]

  • 26 May 2009

    Secret Summaries of World Bank Meetings Illuminate Proceedings

      The “minutes” of the World Bank’s executive board meetings, released publicly, are brief notations of the official action, usually one paragraph.  They reveal almost nothing about what transpired during the closed deliberations. The “summaries,” by contrast, describe the key points of discussion.  They condense, without names, the comments made by the executive directors. The […]