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Using the Release of Information as an Indicator of Government Transparency

In: CORRUPTION, GOOD GOVERNANCE and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Contemporary Analysis and Case Studies

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The release of economic and social data by a government provides many benefits to its citizens on a number of different levels. However, this willingness (or otherwise) to release information to the public may also be useful as a signal of the degree of political and institutional transparency. To that end, a new index is developed that has extensive coverage across countries (175) and time (1960–2005), and is based on the quantity of reported socio-economic data contained in the World Development Indicators and the International Finance Statistics databases. This chapter briefly outlines the construction of this index, and introduces a number of case studies and illustrations that highlight the importance of transparency in economic development.

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  • Andrew Williams, 2015. "Using the Release of Information as an Indicator of Government Transparency," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: R N Ghosh & M A B Siddique (ed.), CORRUPTION, GOOD GOVERNANCE and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Contemporary Analysis and Case Studies, chapter 3, pages 25-45, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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