The Power of Public Discourse

The concept of open development presupposes a greatly increased supply of information available to citizens on the issues, products, and services that shape their lives. It means that governments should make information on budgets accessible and intelligible, local authorities should provide access...

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Main Authors: Dowsing, Kavita Abraham, Deane, James
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6115
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spelling okr-10986-61152021-04-23T14:02:24Z The Power of Public Discourse Dowsing, Kavita Abraham Deane, James access to information accountability anticorruption civil society civil society organizations corruption Good Governance government officials Integrity investigations media national opinion survey political accountability political discussion political leaders politicians public perceptions service providers state government trust in government The concept of open development presupposes a greatly increased supply of information available to citizens on the issues, products, and services that shape their lives. It means that governments should make information on budgets accessible and intelligible, local authorities should provide access to information about the provision of services that citizens can expect, and donors should be transparent about what they are spending, specifying for what and why, and doing so in forms that beneficiaries can use. 2012-05-16T16:22:56Z 2012-05-16T16:22:56Z 2011-09 Journal Article Development Outreach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6115 Development Outreach CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Journal Article South Asia Middle East and North Africa Africa Bangladesh Nigeria Iraq Nepal
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topic access to information
accountability
anticorruption
civil society
civil society organizations
corruption
Good Governance
government officials
Integrity
investigations
media
national opinion survey
political accountability
political discussion
political leaders
politicians
public perceptions
service providers
state government
trust in government
spellingShingle access to information
accountability
anticorruption
civil society
civil society organizations
corruption
Good Governance
government officials
Integrity
investigations
media
national opinion survey
political accountability
political discussion
political leaders
politicians
public perceptions
service providers
state government
trust in government
Dowsing, Kavita Abraham
Deane, James
The Power of Public Discourse
geographic_facet South Asia
Middle East and North Africa
Africa
Bangladesh
Nigeria
Iraq
Nepal
relation Development Outreach
description The concept of open development presupposes a greatly increased supply of information available to citizens on the issues, products, and services that shape their lives. It means that governments should make information on budgets accessible and intelligible, local authorities should provide access to information about the provision of services that citizens can expect, and donors should be transparent about what they are spending, specifying for what and why, and doing so in forms that beneficiaries can use.
format Journal Article
author Dowsing, Kavita Abraham
Deane, James
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Deane, James
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title The Power of Public Discourse
title_short The Power of Public Discourse
title_full The Power of Public Discourse
title_fullStr The Power of Public Discourse
title_full_unstemmed The Power of Public Discourse
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publishDate 2012
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