Does Access to Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from the Dominican Republic

This paper summarizes the results of the impact evaluation of the Access to Information pilot project on empowerment of citizens in poor municipalities in the Dominican Republic. Among the dimensions of empowerment investigated are civic knowledge,...

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Main Authors:	Skoufias, Emmanuel, Narita, Renata, Narayan, Ambar
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	Access to Information law empowerment program evaluation
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19591427/access-information-empower-poor-evidence-dominican-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18791

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spelling	okr-10986-187912021-04-23T14:03:49Z Does Access to Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from the Dominican Republic Skoufias, Emmanuel Narita, Renata Narayan, Ambar Access to Information law empowerment program evaluation This paper summarizes the results of the impact evaluation of the Access to Information pilot project on empowerment of citizens in poor municipalities in the Dominican Republic. Among the dimensions of empowerment investigated are civic knowledge, awareness and use of the right to information, perceptions of and trust in public services and institutions, civic participation, and measures of local governance. Data were collected in two rounds: a baseline round at the end of 2010 and a follow-up round in mid-2012. No impact is found on awareness and the use of information under the specific Access to Information rules. However, it is observed that individuals address more general complaints to governments as a result of the Access to Information program regardless of whether these are classified under the ATI law or not. Some positive and statistically significant impacts are found on local government responsiveness, prioritization and decisions about the municipal budget, and trust in and satisfaction with some local government services. 2014-06-26T21:08:46Z 2014-06-26T21:08:46Z 2014-05-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19591427/access-information-empower-poor-evidence-dominican-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18791 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6895 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Dominican Republic
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description	This paper summarizes the results of the impact evaluation of the Access to Information pilot project on empowerment of citizens in poor municipalities in the Dominican Republic. Among the dimensions of empowerment investigated are civic knowledge, awareness and use of the right to information, perceptions of and trust in public services and institutions, civic participation, and measures of local governance. Data were collected in two rounds: a baseline round at the end of 2010 and a follow-up round in mid-2012. No impact is found on awareness and the use of information under the specific Access to Information rules. However, it is observed that individuals address more general complaints to governments as a result of the Access to Information program regardless of whether these are classified under the ATI law or not. Some positive and statistically significant impacts are found on local government responsiveness, prioritization and decisions about the municipal budget, and trust in and satisfaction with some local government services.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Skoufias, Emmanuel Narita, Renata Narayan, Ambar
author_facet	Skoufias, Emmanuel Narita, Renata Narayan, Ambar
author_sort	Skoufias, Emmanuel
title	Does Access to Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
title_short	Does Access to Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
title_full	Does Access to Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
title_fullStr	Does Access to Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
title_full_unstemmed	Does Access to Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
title_sort	does access to information empower the poor? evidence from the dominican republic
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19591427/access-information-empower-poor-evidence-dominican-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18791
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Does Access to Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from the Dominican Republic

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