Access to Information Rights in Benin: Opportunities and Challenges in an International Perspective = Le droit d’accès à l’information au Bénin : opportunités et défis dans une perspective internationale
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Télécharger: Working Paper 9-2018 V. Mabillard.pdf (802.31 [Ko])
Etat: Public
Version: Final published version
Etat: Public
Version: Final published version
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serval:BIB_12EB7A64CE76
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Rapport: document publié par une institution, habituellement élément d'une série.
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Working paper: document de travail dans lequel l'auteur présente les résultats de ses travaux de recherche. Les working papers ont pour but de stimuler les discussions scientifiques avec les milieux intéressés et servent de base pour la publication d'articles dans des revues spécialisées.
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Access to Information Rights in Benin: Opportunities and Challenges in an International Perspective = Le droit d’accès à l’information au Bénin : opportunités et défis dans une perspective internationale
Détails de l'institution
IDHEAP
Date de publication
2018
Numéro
9/2018
Genre
Working paper de l'IDHEAP
Langue
français anglais
Nombre de pages
98
Résumé
Transparency is now among almost all governments’ priorities, with a growing number of countries that have recently adopted a law on access to administrative documents. In 2014, Paraguay even became the 100th state to pass a legislation on access to information (ATI). These laws do not provide a substitute for transparency; however, they may signal the willingness of public authorities to increase openness. So far, most studies have focused on states where laws on access to administrative documents already exist (mainly in Europe and North America), while very few research has been conducted in other parts of the world. Based on previous research, this contribution presents the case of Benin in Western Africa: conditions of emergence, structures and obstacles in several states will be presented and then compared with the current situation in Benin. Research questions concentrate on the development of ATI, challenges to the introduction of a stronger law, and the administration’s main expectations towards transparency. Data were collected through interviews conducted with WANEP‐Benin (a coalition of civil society organisations), an official in charge of access to documents and several employees of the Beninese administration. Secondary data from past and current research are also used here. Findings show the influence of contextual and institutional differences on current transparency reforms, the importance of the issue of access and global awareness, and how the current approach towards access to administrative documents in Benin is influenced by the practices regarding transparency.
Mots-clé
Access to information, transparency, Freedom of Information laws, Benin, Western Africa
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28/08/2018 14:41
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20/08/2019 13:41