Contents
Foreword by Joseph E. Stiglitz vii
Introduction: The Battle Over Transparency 1
Ann Florini
Part one: National Stories
1. India: Grassroots Initiatives 19
Shekhar Singh
2. Toward a More Open China? 54
Jamie P. Horsley
3. Open Government in China: Practice and Problems 92
Hanhua Zhou
4. Central and Eastern Europe: Starting from Scratch 116
Ivan Szekely
5. The Challenging Case of Nigeria 143
Ayo Obe
Part 2: Themes
6. Making the Law Work: The Challenges of Implementation 179
Laura Neuman and Richard Calland
7. Prizing Open the Profit-Making World 214
Richard Calland
8. The Struggle for Openness in the International Financial
Institutions 243
Thomas Blanton
9. Transparency and Environmental Governance 279
Vivek Ramkumar and Elena Petkova
10. Transparency in the Security Sector 309
Alasdair Roberts
Conclusion: Whither Transparency? 337
Ann Florini
Contributors 349
Index 353
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