Implementing Right to Information

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23515751
AutoresAnupama Dokeniya
Año2013
Páginas1-8
Fecha de publicación2013-09-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
EditorialWorld Bank, Washington, DC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1596/29698
OpenAlexW2887391800
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas17

Over the last two decades, several \n developing countries have adopted right to information (RTI) \n laws, bringing the number of countries with such laws to \n more than 90. But empirical evidence on how effectively RTIs \n have worked, whether they have been effectively enforced, \n and if they have had any impact on improving accountability, \n is limited. This note examines how RTI laws have worked in \n different country contexts, drawing from an analysis of \n their implementation in eight countries spanning different \n regions, income levels, political forms, and administrative \n traditions. The experiences of these countries show that \n implementation has faced challenges across countries, but \n has been especially difficult in countries where the broader \n governance environment is weaker on dimensions such as the \n rule of law, government effectiveness, voice and \n accountability, civil liberties, and political rights. \n During the implementation phase, with the erosion of the \n initial political momentum behind the law, the incentives \n for officials to comply with the new legislation also tended \n to erode, resulting in efforts to undermine the law. The \n evidence suggests that as countries with challenging \n governance environments and capacity limitations adopt RTI \n laws, they will need to both devise implementation solutions \n that can adapt to these limitations and undertake \n complementary initiatives to strengthen their broader \n governance environment.

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