Table of Contents

Foreword, by Joseph E. Stiglitz Introduction: The Battle Over Transparency, by Ann Florini Part 1: National Stories 1. India: Grassroots Initiatives, by Shekhar Singh 2. Toward a More Open China?, by Jamie P. Horsley 3. Open Government in China: Practice and Problems, by Hanhua Zhou 4. Central and Eastern Europe: Starting from Scratch, by Ivan Szekely 5. The Challenging Case of Nigeria, by Ayo Obe Part 2: Themes 6. Making the Law Work: The Challenges of Implementation, by Laura Neuman and Richard Calland 7. Prizing Open the Profit-Making World, by Richard Calland 8. The Struggle for Openness in the International Financial Institutions, by Thomas Blanton 9. Transparency and Environmental Governance, by Vivek Ramkumar and Elena Petkova 10. Transparency in the Security Sector, by Alasdair Roberts Conclusion: Whither Transparency?, by Ann Florini Contributors Index

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"Compiling content from diverse areas and effectively framing the issues, this collection will be a useful book not only for researchers and students interested in a tour d'horizon of the challenges in the burgeoning field of transparency studies, but also for general readers." -- David de Ferranti, The Brookings Institution "Policymakers, business executives, activists, and citizens should all read Ann Florini's compelling book. It explains both why openness serves the public interest and how citizens are succeeding in extracting information from powerful institutions. Its lively account of national experiences from around the world, along with in-depth examinations of transparency's roles in such diverse areas as environmental regulation and security policy, makes clear how governments, corporations, and citizens can all reap the rewards of well-designed disclosure policies. As founder and former chairman of Transparency International, and now chairman of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, I know from practical experience how important, how powerful the message of this book is." -- Peter Eigen, Chairman of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives

About the Author

Ann Florini is the founding director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She is also a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where her work explores new approaches to global governance.