Implementing Right to Information : Lessons from Experience

This implementing right to information lessons from experience has attempted to sketch out the key areas that are important to address during the implementation of Right-to-Information (RTI). In particular, it has highlighted both the imperative of...

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Main Author:	Dokeniya, Anupama
Format:	Knowledge Economy Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ACTIVISTS ADJUDICATION ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITIONS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANTICORRUPTION ASSETS AUTHORITY AVERAGE CITIZEN BASIC SERVICES BEST PRACTICE BRIBERY BRIBES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CHANGE MANAGEMENT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION COALITIONS COLLABORATION COLLUSION COMMUNIST COMPLAINTS CONFIDENCE CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES DELIVERY OF SERVICES DEMANDS FOR INFORMATION DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DISCRETION DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION DUE PROCESS E-GOVERNMENT EDUCATED CITIZENS EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTIONS ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ELECTRONIC RECORDS EMBEZZLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION EXECUTIVE AGENCIES FAIR ELECTIONS FEDERAL AGENCIES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL CAPACITY FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FORMAL INSTITUTIONS FRAUD FREEDOM OF INFORMATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT AGENCY GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES GOVERNMENT BODIES GOVERNMENT DATA GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT LEVELS GOVERNMENT SERVICES GOVERNMENT TRUST HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION OFFICERS INFORMATION REQUESTS INFORMATION SHARING INFORMATION SYSTEMS INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS JUDICIAL BODIES JUDICIAL PROCESSES JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE KICKBACKS KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL INTEREST LEGAL REQUIREMENTS LEGISLATION LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURES LEGITIMACY LITERACY LOCAL GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE MEDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MINISTER MINISTERS NATIONAL TERRITORY NEPOTISM OPPOSITION PARTIES PATRONAGE PENALTIES PENALTY POLICE POLITICAL APPOINTEES POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL COMMITMENT POLITICAL ELITES POLITICAL MOMENTUM POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL WILL POLITICIANS PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTORS PUBLIC SERVANTS PUBLIC SERVICE RECORDS MANAGEMENT RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SCANDAL SCANDALS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL SECURITY STATE INSTITUTIONS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TRAINING INSTITUTES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY AGENDA VETO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17485835/implementing-right-information-lessons-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16520

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Summary:	This implementing right to information lessons from experience has attempted to sketch out the key areas that are important to address during the implementation of Right-to-Information (RTI). In particular, it has highlighted both the imperative of setting up a number of institutions to build capacity and support for RTI in the public sector as well as the challenges in sustaining implementation institutions as political will erodes. It has highlighted the critical importance of the underlying political economy and governance environment, an area often ignored in devising reforms but that is key to whether RTI ultimately works effectively or has any impact. The number of countries with RTI laws-laws that establish citizens `right` to have access to public information or operationalize such a right found in the constitution has exploded. Most of the new adopters are countries in Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America, and most recently, Africa and the Middle East-countries. The international momentum translated into law when domestic dynamics were favorable, when political elites perceived that it is to their advantage to support the law in order to win political points with domestic constituencies and establish their democratic credentials internationally. In several countries, the transition to democracy also provided an opportunity when pro-reform coalitions of ruling and opposition parties, civil society groups, and media obviated sources of opposition or resistance to the passage of an RTI law.

Implementing Right to Information : Lessons from Experience

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