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…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank is “deeply concerned” about severe restrictions placed on freedom of speech concerning statistics in Tanzania, according to a World…
Livingstone Sewanyana, the second Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, has made the transparency,…