Public Transparency

Public Transparency

This note provides guidance on the type of information about agricultural investments that investors and governments can make publicly available. Transparency about certain aspects of investments can improve relations between investors and communit...

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Main Authors: UNCTAD, World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
SOCIAL IMPACT
ACCOUNTABILITY
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
LAND ACQUISITION
GOVERNANCE
TRANSPARENCY
DISCLOSURE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/344011521091271782/Public-transparency
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29485
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spelling okr-10986-294852021-05-25T10:54:34Z Public Transparency UNCTAD World Bank RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SOCIAL IMPACT ACCOUNTABILITY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS LAND ACQUISITION GOVERNANCE TRANSPARENCY DISCLOSURE This note provides guidance on the type of information about agricultural investments that investors and governments can make publicly available. Transparency about certain aspects of investments can improve relations between investors and communities, enable external stakeholders to hold investors to commitments, and improve investors’ public image. Although some information should be kept private to protect commercial interests, in general the amount of publicly available information is insufficient for transparent, accountable conduct of agricultural investments. This has often led to fear, mistrust, and resentment, and created operational and financial difficulties for investors. Some investors and governments have recently shifted toward a more transparent approach, but the risk of misuse of information needs to be managed. 2018-03-19T15:12:04Z 2018-03-19T15:12:04Z 2018-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/344011521091271782/Public-transparency http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29485 English Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) Knowledge Into Action Note,no. 10; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
SOCIAL IMPACT
ACCOUNTABILITY
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
LAND ACQUISITION
GOVERNANCE
TRANSPARENCY
DISCLOSURE
spellingShingle RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
SOCIAL IMPACT
ACCOUNTABILITY
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
LAND ACQUISITION
GOVERNANCE
TRANSPARENCY
DISCLOSURE
UNCTAD
World Bank
Public Transparency
relation Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) Knowledge Into Action Note,no. 10;
description This note provides guidance on the type of information about agricultural investments that investors and governments can make publicly available. Transparency about certain aspects of investments can improve relations between investors and communities, enable external stakeholders to hold investors to commitments, and improve investors’ public image. Although some information should be kept private to protect commercial interests, in general the amount of publicly available information is insufficient for transparent, accountable conduct of agricultural investments. This has often led to fear, mistrust, and resentment, and created operational and financial difficulties for investors. Some investors and governments have recently shifted toward a more transparent approach, but the risk of misuse of information needs to be managed.
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author UNCTAD
World Bank
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World Bank
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title Public Transparency
title_short Public Transparency
title_full Public Transparency
title_fullStr Public Transparency
title_full_unstemmed Public Transparency
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/344011521091271782/Public-transparency
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29485
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