By Toby McIntosh The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council has adopted its first policy on access to information, including several broad exemptions. Two years in…
The international effort to evaluate national access to information laws and their implementation is poised to take a significant step. Two United Nations agencies are…
By Toby McIntosh The possibility of transparency reforms at the International Maritime Organization remains afloat following a meeting of the IMO Council. Some members, including…
Plans for monitoring national implementation of access to information laws were advanced at a recent meeting of a United Nations body. A standard template for…
By Toby McIntosh Tanzanian President John Magufuli scored a public relations coup last week after a meeting with the World Bank’s top official in Africa.…
By Toby McIntosh The government of Australia has proposed greater transparency at the International Maritime Organization, recommending more public access to IMO documents and removal…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank Board has delayed consideration of a major education loan to Tanzania because of concerns about the government’s policy of…
By Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund, like the World Bank, is questioning a new provision in Tanzania’s statistics law that criminalizes the rebuttal of…
By Toby McIntosh Three out of five United Nations agencies, including the UN Secretariat, have no policies on access to information, according to an eyeonglobaltransparency.net…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank is not commenting on whether the Bank’s deep concerns about a new statistics law were discussed when the Bank’s…