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Sectoral Approach to Transparency:
Pros and Cons
Inter-American Development Bank
September 18, 2007
Laura Neuman
The Carter Center
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Outline
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 Emerging Strategies for Transparency
Promotion
 Benefits of a Sectoral Transparency
Strategy
 Disadvantages to a Sectoral Transparency
Strategy
 A Combined Approach
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Strategies
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Transparency
Promotion
 Comprehensive
Holistic approach: Establishing a fully implemented,
enforced, and used access to information law
 Targeted
Specific approach: Provides specific transparency
remedies to address particular problems
 Sectoral
Thematic approach: Advance greater flow of
information in one area of public administration (without
seeking specific all-encompassing legislation)
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consider:
What is success?
What impact are you seeking?
What is feasible in the time period?
What are the indicators and how can
they be measured?
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Sectoral
Benefits
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 More immediate results and impact
 Builds on extant legislative framework
 More easily identifies and engages
existing constituencies
 Stakeholders increased capacity to
understand what to ask, how to interpret,
an how to apply to fight corruption
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Sectoral Benefits cont.
 Build on stakeholder’s focus area,
can dedicate to long-term
 Develops and refines methods
 More measurable?
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Sectoral
Disadvantages
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May not
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transparency
 May not effectuate the necessary
change in public administration
 Silo approach rather than enhancing
transversality of access to information
 Without enforceability, may not be
sustainable
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 Marginalizes groups already engaged
in the promotion of access to information
 More dependent on commitment and
continuity of individuals in government
 In practice, may not be feasible
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A Combined
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Sectoral and Comprehensive
Objective of Combined Approach
Secure immediate results of a sectoral
approach while assuring transformation
and sustainability of an enforceable
comprehensive transparency regime
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Combined
approach
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Immediate
may be used by
generalists seeking a comprehensive ATI
law
 Lessons learned from sectors may be
incorporated into law and applied to all of
government
 Engagement of all interested
stakeholders
 Greater coordination among various
interest groups and promotion of links
between relevant constituencies
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Additional questions to consider:
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Sustainability
Are there really gaps in sectoral funding?
 Which approach creates greatest
demand?
 Who needs support (government or civil
society)? And which approach provides that
support?
 Promoting access to information laws
through specialized laws, does that
advance access or create fragmentation
and inconsistency?
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For additional information,
please contact Laura Neuman at:
lneuman@emory.edu