Public Access To Information For Development

Author : Victoria L. Lemieux,Stephanie E. Trapnell
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464808807

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Public Access to Information for Development by Victoria L. Lemieux,Stephanie E. Trapnell Pdf

With more than 100 right to information (RTI) laws—also called freedom of information or access to information laws—now in place globally, the groundwork has been laid to advance more transparent, accountable, and inclusive governance as a pathway to poverty reduction and economic development. This guide explores the historical development of RTI laws, the factors that drive passage and effective implementation of these laws, the operation of the laws, and the impact of these laws in different country contexts and sectors, as well as the challenges of measuring the contribution of RTI laws to development outcomes. Public Access to Information for Development: A Guide to the Effective Implementation of Right to Information Laws is based on two years of research studying how RTI has been implemented in countries in different regions and with varying income levels. The research has aimed to develop a theoretical framework by which to identify the drivers of effective implementation of RTI laws and to support measurement of effective implementation; the outcomes are discussed. This guide grapples with questions such as the following: • What does it mean to have effectively implemented an RTI law? • What aspects of a law have to be operational before it can be said to have been effectively implemented? • What other factors are most critical to the effective implementation of RTI laws? • Why does effective implementation of RTI matter?

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231003561

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Access to information by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Davies, Tim,Walker, Stephen B.,Rubinstein, Mor
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781928331957

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The State of Open Data by Davies, Tim,Walker, Stephen B.,Rubinstein, Mor Pdf

It’s been ten years since open data first broke onto the global stage. Over the past decade, thousands of programmes and projects around the world have worked to open data and use it to address a myriad of social and economic challenges. Meanwhile, issues related to data rights and privacy have moved to the centre of public and political discourse. As the open data movement enters a new phase in its evolution, shifting to target real-world problems and embed open data thinking into other existing or emerging communities of practice, big questions still remain. How will open data initiatives respond to new concerns about privacy, inclusion, and artificial intelligence? And what can we learn from the last decade in order to deliver impact where it is most needed? The State of Open Data brings together over 60 authors from around the world to address these questions and to take stock of the real progress made to date across sectors and around the world, uncovering the issues that will shape the future of open data in the years to come.

Author : Matthew L. Smith,Katherine M. A. Reilly
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262525411

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Open Development by Matthew L. Smith,Katherine M. A. Reilly Pdf

Experts explore current theory and practice in the application of digitally enabled open networked social models to international development. The emergence of open networked models made possible by digital technology has the potential to transform international development. Open network structures allow people to come together to share information, organize, and collaborate. Open development harnesses this power, to create new organizational forms and improve people's lives; it is not only an agenda for research and practice but also a statement about how to approach international development. In this volume, experts explore a variety of applications of openness, addressing challenges as well as opportunities.Open development requires new theoretical tools that focus on real world problems, consider a variety of solutions, and recognize the complexity of local contexts. After exploring the new theoretical terrain, the book describes a range of cases in which open models address such specific development issues as biotechnology research, improving education, and access to scholarly publications. Contributors then examine tensions between open models and existing structures, including struggles over privacy, intellectual property, and implementation. Finally, contributors offer broader conceptual perspectives, considering processes of social construction, knowledge management, and the role of individual intent in the development and outcomes of social models. ContributorsCarla Bonina, Ineke Buskens, Leslie Chan, Abdallah Daar, Jeremy de Beer, Mark Graham, Eve Gray, Anita Gurumurthy, Havard Haarstad, Blane Harvey, Myra Khan, Melissa Loudon, Aaron K. Martin, Hassan Masum, Chidi Oguamanam, Katherine M. A. Reilly, Ulrike Rivett, Karl Schroeder, Parminder Jeet Singh, Matthew L. Smith, Marshall S. SmithCopublished with the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC)

Author : Chris Armstrong
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781919895451

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Access to Knowledge in Africa by Chris Armstrong Pdf

"This book is a result of an international and interdisciplinary research project known as the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) project"--Acknowledgments.

Author : Swan, Alma,UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789230010522

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Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access by Swan, Alma,UNESCO Pdf

UNESCO issued this publication to demystify the concept of open access (OA) and to provide concrete steps on putting relevant policies in place. Its focus is on scientific research from peer-reviewed journal articles. Building capacities in Member States for Open Access is a necessary but not sufficient condition for promotion of the concept. Creating an enabling policy environment for OA is therefore a priority. This publication will serve the needs of OA policy development at the government, institutional and funding agency level. The overall objective of the Policy Guidelines is to promote Open Access in Member States by facilitating understanding of all relevant issues related to Open Access. The guidelines are not prescriptive in nature, but are suggestive to facilitate knowledge-based decision-making to adopt OA policies and strengthen national research systems.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231004216

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From Promise to Practice: Access to Information for Sustainable Development by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Anil B. Deolalikar,Shikha Jha,Pilipinas F. Quising
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784715571

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Governance in Developing Asia by Anil B. Deolalikar,Shikha Jha,Pilipinas F. Quising Pdf

Governance in Developing Asia is one of the first books of its kind to provide an overview of the role that better governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery in developing Asia. The World Development Report 2004 se

Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309062435

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Information Systems and the Environment by National Academy of Engineering Pdf

Information technology is a powerful tool for meeting environmental objectives and promoting sustainable development. This collection of papers by leaders in industry, government, and academia explores how information technology can improve environmental performance by individual firms, collaborations among firms, and collaborations among firms, government agencies, and academia. Information systems can also be used by nonprofit organizations and the government to inform the public about broad environmental issues and environmental conditions in their neighborhoods. Several papers address the challenges to information management posed by the explosive increase in information and knowledge about environmental issues and potential solutions, including determining what information is environmentally relevant and how it can be used in decision making. In addition, case studies are described and show how industry is using information systems to ensure sustainable development and meet environmental standards. The book also includes examples from the public sector showing how governments use information knowledge systems to disseminate "best practices" beyond big firms to small businesses, and from the world of the Internet showing how knowledge is shared among environmental advocates and the general public.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9264195564

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Citizens as Partners Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making by OECD Pdf

This book examines a wide range of country experiences, offers examples of good practice, highlights innovative approaches and identifies promising tools (including new information technologies)for engaging citizens in policy making. It proposes a set of ten guiding principles.

Author : Juha Mustonen,Anders Chydenius -säätiö
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Freedom of information
ISBN : 9529951922

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The World's First Freedom of Information Act by Juha Mustonen,Anders Chydenius -säätiö Pdf

Author : Robert McLean,John Gargani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429886386

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Scaling Impact by Robert McLean,John Gargani Pdf

Scaling Impact introduces a new and practical approach to scaling the positive impacts of research and innovation. Inspired by leading scientific and entrepreneurial innovators from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East, this book presents a synthesis of unrivalled diversity and grounded ingenuity. The result is a different perspective on how to achieve impact that matters, and an important challenge to the predominant more-is-better paradigm of scaling. For organisations and individuals working to change the world for the better, scaling impact is a common goal and a well-founded aim. The world is changing rapidly, and seemingly intractable problems like environmental degradation or accelerating inequality press us to do better for each other and our environment as a global community. Challenges like these appear to demand a significant scale of action, and here the authors argue that a more creative and critical approach to scaling is both possible and essential. To encourage uptake and co-development, the authors present actionable principles that can help organisations and innovators design, manage, and evaluate scaling strategies. Scaling Impact is essential reading for development and innovation practitioners and professionals, but also for researchers, students, evaluators, and policymakers with a desire to spark meaningful change.

Author : Peter Hernon,Charles R. McClure
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780893915223

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Public Access to Government Information by Peter Hernon,Charles R. McClure Pdf

This volume is issue-oriented. By showing that issues relating to topics such as access to government information resources, collection development, and administration are not unique to documents librarianship, it places selected topics in a wider context. The book's objectives are to identify and discuss critically important issues related to increasing access to government information resources, to offer solutions and recommendations by which government information resources and services can be made more effective, to encourage more assessments that examine issues across levels of government, to emphasize the importance and need for a research base related to government information resources and services, and to encourage a critical assessment of current practices and traditional assumptions.

Author : American Library Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UIUC:30112060168629

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The Freedom to Read by American Library Association Pdf

Author : Arul Chib,Caitlin M. Bentley,Matthew L. Smith
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262542326

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Critical Perspectives on Open Development by Arul Chib,Caitlin M. Bentley,Matthew L. Smith Pdf

Theoretical and empirical analyses of whether open innovations in international development instrumentally advantages poor and marginalized populations. Over the last ten years, "open" innovations--the sharing of information without access restrictions or cost--have emerged within international development. But do these practices instrumentally advantage poor and marginalized populations? This book examines whether, for whom, and under what circumstances the free, networked, public sharing of information and communication resources contributes (or not) towards a process of positive social transformation. The contributors offer both theoretical and empirical analyses that cover a broad range of applications, emphasizing the underlying aspects of open innovations that are shared across contexts and domains.