Transparency & silence
Subtitle: a survey of access to information laws and practices in fourteen countries
Contributors: Darbishire, Helen; Carson, Thomas; Open Society Institute; Open Society Justice Initiative
Series: Justice in action series
Publisher: Open Society Institute; Distributed by Central European University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York; Budapest, Hungary
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781891385506
Subjects: Public records -- Law and legislation; Freedom of information; Government information
Other titles: Transparency and silence; A survey of access to information laws and practices in fourteen countries
Description: This comparative study on access to information in 14 countries finds that transitional democracies outperformed established ones in providing information about government activities. Bulgaria, Romania, Armenia, Mexico, and Peru did better in answering citizens' requests for information than France and Spain. Published by the Open Society Justice Initiative, Transparency and Silence documents how various countries did--or did not--honor the right of access to information. In analyzing over 1,900 requests for information filed in 14 countries, the report finds that countries with access to information laws performed better than those with no law or with administrative provisions instead of a law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references

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