Without transparency, trade agreements are just words on paper. Transparency as disclosure allows economic actors and … trading partners to see how rules are implanted; transparency in decision-making ensures fairness and peer review. In the … first section of this paper, I discuss the logic of transparency in general and the motivation for its use in the trading …

, transparency, and accountability among grass- roots organizations. The experiment consists of randomly providing sub … where mechanisms of local accountability are subject to be captured by local elites or are weak, monitoring tools might have … limited capacity to improve outcomes. In such settings, major transparency related reforms might be needed to improve public …

regarding its focus range, to make it even more effective. In our view, the transparency/accountability issue represented by a … optimal degree of ECB transparency and accountability towards the EP, the key democratic institution. …

to promote greater local benefit capture. Practitioners and academics have noted, however, that transparency alone does … not equate to accountability. This is true in the extractive sectors, where political dynamics pose serious obstacles. The …

The aim of this paper is to cover the gap in literature about transparency in the context of international trade … facilitation. It focuses on the importance of transparency in achieving growth in international trade and the differences between … and laws is not the only trade policy instrument where transparency becomes important. To build a framework on levels of …

Generally, trade policies exclude provision for predictability and accountability as transparency measures and … percent changed in predictability and FTA measures. While increase in trade disputes, i.e., less accountability transparency … trajectories on transparency, free trade agreement (FTA), and trade growth, many scholars investigate international trade norms on …

requirements and standards in the field of openness and transparency insofar as these concern the responsibility and accountability … data and information on public finances. There is, however, no legislation connected directly with transparency. So do the … accountability and asserting responsibility? An analysis of the reports and documents concerning the Polish public finance sector …

Transparency of public management is fundamental to bringing citizens closer to public managers and as such universally … considered an element of good governance. The main aim of this study is to identify the factors determining transparency in … public management of Portuguese local authorities. Using the Municipal Transparency Index of 2013 and 2014, socio …