Does transparency improve governance?

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-87

  Kosack, Stephen ^a   Fung, Archon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Freedom of information; India; Participation; Right to information; Transparency and accountability intervention; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901026782     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-032210-144356     Document Type: Article

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