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dc.description.abstractCitizen and media right to access to information generated and received by public institutions is essential for controlling corrupt practices, which flourish wherever there are low levels of transparency and accountability. This paper explores the theoretical basis as well as the ethical and political justifications for the right, and introduces the legal and strategic framework for using information access to promote the culture of transparency and accountability, especially the promotion and exercise of personal right of access to public information of value to public interests. The paper uses the right to information (RTI) law as a concrete instrument for enabling broad citizen right to information and the cognate government obligation to provide mandatory access to citizens and other legal persons, as a means of demonstrating openness, transparency and accountability in its operations. The primary goal is to demonstrate why it is imperative for the core RTI law to be supported by other instruments to form a full complement of information framework.en
dc.titleLegal strategic framework for entrenching the right to public information as the bedrock of the culture of transparancy and accountability in African countriesen
ags.publisherPlaceAddis Ababa:en
ags.publisherNameUN. ECA,en
dc.coverage.spatialAFR
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-13T13:31:47Z
dc.date.available2011-12-13T13:31:47Z
dc.date.issued2008-10
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/17635
dc.format.extent9 p.
dc.languageeng
dc.typeConference document
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND EQUITY::CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE::CORRUPTION
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND EQUITY::HUMAN RIGHTS
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION::ACCOUNTABILITY
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND REFERENCE WORKS::ACCESS TO INFORMATION
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::QUESTIONS SOCIALES::CRIMINALITE ET JUSTICE CRIMINELLE::CORRUPTION
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::CUESTIONES SOCIALES::DELITO Y JUSTICIA PENAL::CORRUPCION
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::QUESTIONS SOCIALES::DROITS DE L'HOMME
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::CUESTIONES SOCIALES::DERECHOS HUMANOS
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET FINANCEMENT DU DEVELOPPEMENT::ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE::RESPONSABILISATION
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y FINANCIACION DEL DESARROLLO::ADMINISTRACION PUBLICA::RENDICION DE CUENTAS
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, BIBLIOTECHONOMIE, SCIENCES DE L'INFORMATION, OUVRAGES DE REFERENCE::ACCES A L'INFORMATION
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::CULTURA::DOCUMENTACION, BIBLIOTECOLOGIA, CIENCIA DE LA INFORMACION, MATERIAL DE REFERENCIA::ACCESO A LA INFORMACION
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ags.creatorPersonalAzubuike, Abraham
ags.creatorCorporateUnited Nations.Economic Commission for Africa
ags.creatorConferenceUN. ECA International Conference on "Institutions, Culture and Corruption in africa" (2008, October 13- 15 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
ags.creatorConferenceUnited Nations.Economic Commission for Africa
ags.subjectThesaurusCORRUPTION
ags.subjectThesaurusHUMAN RIGHTS
ags.subjectThesaurusACCOUNTABILITY
ags.subjectThesaurusACCESS TO INFORMATION
ags.subjectThesaurusCORRUPTION
ags.subjectThesaurusCORRUPCION
ags.subjectThesaurusDROITS DE L'HOMME
ags.subjectThesaurusDERECHOS HUMANOS
ags.subjectThesaurusRESPONSABILISATION
ags.subjectThesaurusRENDICION DE CUENTAS
ags.subjectThesaurusACCES A L'INFORMATION
ags.subjectThesaurusACCESO A LA INFORMACION
ags.subjectClassification15.00.00 Culture and information
ags.availabilityNumber19076
ags.availabilityNumber2008
ags.availabilityLocationECA-HQ
ags.rights.termsofusepublic
ags.JN67734
uneca.language.supporteden


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