Access to Reliable Public Records as Evidence for Freedom of Information in Commonwealth Africa

摘要: AbstractInternational attention to the benefits of openness for empowering citizens, strengthening economic performance and ending poverty has emphasised importance achieving accountability transparency through freedom information open data. The ability achieve depends upon quality, completeness accessibility government records However, chronic problems in managing this many Commonwealth countries, particularly digital environment, undermine these goals. There is a critical need develop share solutions essential resource as basis governance across Commonwealth, especially relation post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.