The Power of Information: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign to Reduce Capture

The Power of Information: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign to Reduce Capture

The authors exploit an unusual policy experiment to evaluate the effects of increased public access to information as a tool to reduce capture and corruption of public funds. In the late 1990s, the Ugandan government initiated a newspaper campaign...

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Main Authors: Reinikka, Ritva, Svensson, Jakob
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
AUDITING
CLINICS
CORRUPTION
DATA COLLECTION
EDUCATION OFFICERS
EDUCATION SECTOR
ELITES
ENROLLMENT
GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS
HEAD TEACHERS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INTERVIEWS
JOURNALISTS
LET
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MANAGERS
MASS MEDIA
MEDIA FREEDOM
PAPERS
PARENTS
POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC ACCESS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUANTITATIVE DATA
RURAL LOCATIONS
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE DELIVERY CHAIN
SERVICE PROVIDERS
TEACHER
TEST SCORES
TEXTBOOKS
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
VILLAGE
WORKERS ACCESS TO INFORMATION
PUBLIC AWARENESS
CORRUPT PRACTICES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
POLITICAL FACTORS
KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
EMPOWERMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3056020/power-information-evidence-newspaper-campaign-reduce-capture
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14448

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3056020/power-information-evidence-newspaper-campaign-reduce-capture
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14448

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