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FreedomInfo.org - Special Report, May 24, 2011

First Global Conference on Transparency Research Held

A FreedomInfo.org special report covers many of the 130 research papers, on
a wide variety of transparency topics, presented during the two-day meeting
at the University of Rutgers-Newark. Highlights include:

Overview: What happened at the conference, including calls for more
attention to womens transparency needs and for more transparency of an
international climate change fund; plus reports on macro-views of the
transparency movement.

http://www.freedominfo.org/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=5730

Future Research: A call for more research from the donor community.

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/donor-community-eager-for-deeper-research-tisne-says/

Plus, recommendations from conference participants.

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/next-steps-on-transparency-research-sketched/

Africa: Explanations for the comparatively few FOI laws in Africa.

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/transparency-researchers-gather-at-rutgers-conference/

Theory: Papers presented on the theory and philosophy of transparency.

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/theory-philosophy-of-transparency-explored/

Influences: What affects passage and implementation of FOI laws?

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/foi-passage-factors-elucidated-in-research/

Mexico: A new study on FOI implementation in Mexico.

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/mexican-rti-case-study-looks-at-facilitating-factors/

Local e-Gov: Evaluating e-government at the municipal level.

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/transparency-researchers-gather-at-rutgers-conference/

Open Data: Evaluating the Open Data movement in Latin America.

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/researchers-examine-future-of-open-data-in-latin-america/

Corruption: Is transparency working?

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/is-transparency-losing-in-fight-with-corruption/

Trust: Does transparency build trust in government?

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/transparency-trust-dynamic-explored-in-new-studies/

China: The development of transparency in China.

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/papers-probe-drivers-of-transparency-in-china/

South Korea: New studies on transparency in South Korea.

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/studies-explore-transparency-performance-in-south-korea/

WikiLeaks: A new chapter for transparency?

http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/is-wikileaks-a-new-chapter-in-transparency-history/

Link to all stories from the overview story here:

http://www.freedominfo.org/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=5730

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