Transparency and Access to Information (Chapter 2.7 in Massive Open Online Course on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace) [Video]
Publisher: UNEP, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, University of California Irvine, UNDP, EnPAx, and SDG Academy
Author(s): Erika Weinthal
Date: 2019
This chapter examines the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and other efforts promoting transparency and public access to information as means of preventing and recovering from conflict. It considers how transparency and access to information can help prevent conflict by helping to fight corruption, manage expectations, encourage participatory monitoring, empower people, and promote open communications.