Below are the endnotes from “Government Transparency” by Anna Levy and Rushda Majeed (Spring 2015 AQ).
1. Juan Pablo Guerrero Amparán and Maylí Sepúlveda Toledo, “The Right to Information for Marginalized Groups: The Experience of Proyecto Comunidades in Mexico 2005–2007.”
<http://www.right2info.org/resources/publications/publications/Juan%20Pablo%20Guerrero%20on%20RTI%20for%20Marginalized%20Groups-The%20Experience%20of%20Proyecto%20Comunidades.pdf> (accessed on 4 March 2015).
2. “How RTI is transforming rural India,” Rediff India Abroad, September 20, 2007, <www.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/20rti.htm?print=true> (accessed on April 8, 2015).
3. Kate Doyle, “Investigative Journalism and Access to Information,” Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Paper No. 29, (April 2011): 7.
4. The states include: Tamil Nadu (1997) Goa (1997), Rajasthan (2000), Karnataka (2000), Delhi (2001), Maharashtra (2002), Madhya Pradesh (2003), Assam (2002) and Jammu and Kashmir (2004). “History of Developments on Right to Information in India,” 3, <odishapolice.gov.in/sites/default/files/PDF/2-HISTORY.pdf> (accessed on 10 February 2015).
5. Jonathan Fox and Libby Haight, “Mexico’s Transparency Reforms: Theory and Practice,” Research in Social Problems and Public Policy 19 (2011): 354.
6. Zachary Bookman and Juan Pablo Guerrero Amparán, “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Assessing the Implementation of Mexico’s Freedom of Information Act,” Mexican Law Review 1 (2) (2009) <biblio.juridicas.unam.mx/revista/MexicanLawReview/numero/2/arc/arc1.htm> (accessed on February 10, 2015).
7. Ibid.
8. George Cheriyan, T.B. Simi and Madhu S. Sharma, “Analyzing the Right to Information Act in India,” CUTS International (2010): 4.
9. Maira Martini, “Right to information laws: Impact and implementation,” Anti-Corruption Resource Center, 2014, 3 <www.u4.no/publications/right-to-information-laws-impact-and-implementation> (accessed on April 10, 2015).
10. Seema Choudhary, Amrita Paul and Venkatesh Nayak, “The Use of Right to Information Laws in India: A Rapid Study,” Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, October 2013, 5, <www.humanrightsinitiative.org/postoftheday/2013/CHRIRapidStudy-RTIUseinIndia-2011-2012-Oct13.pdf> (accessed on April 10, 2015).
11. “Safeguarding the Right to Information: Report of the People’s RTI Assessment 2008,” RTI Assessment & Analysis Group and National Campaign for People’s Right to Information, 2009, 7-8,
<rti-assessment.org/exe_summ_report.pdf> (accessed on 23 February 2015).
12. Choudhary, Paul and Nayak, 24.
13. The timeframe is two days in an emergency.
14. Some information is off-limits—such as that relating to national security, open investigations, cabinet papers, or if its disclosure is forbidden by a court of law.
15. Jonathan Fox and and Libby Haight, “Mexico’s Transparency Reforms: Theory and Practice,” Research in Social Problems and Public Policy 19 (2011): 355, 358. <www.academia.edu/9695464/Transparency_Reforms_Theory_and_Practice> (accessed on March 20, 2015).
16. Ibid., 361
17. Zachary Bookman and Juan-Pablo Guerrero Amparán, “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Assessing the Implementation of Mexico’s Freedom of Information Act,” Mexican Law Review 1 (2) (2009): 49.
18. “Right to Information Act,” 3, <http://righttoinformation.gov.in/rti-act.pdf> (accessed on February 21, 2015).
19. “Who uses the Right to Information Act in India and for what?” Right to Information and Advocacy Group and Transparent Advisory Group, 2014, 36, <http://www.snsindia.org/raag-final-report-raag-applications-16-revised-may-2014.pdf> (accessed April 10, 2015).
20. “Mobile subscribers largest in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,” The Hindu, May 5, 2013, <www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/mobile-subscribers-largest-in-uttar-pradesh-tamil-nadu/article4686257.ece> (accessed on 12 February 2015).
21. “With 243 million users by 2014, India to beat US in Internet reach: Study,” The Times of India, November 14, 2013, <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/With-243-million-users-by-2014-India-to-beat-US-in-internet-reach-Study/articleshow/25719512.cms> (accessed on February 26, 2015).
22. United Nations Population Division, “An Overview of Urbanization, Internal Migration, Population Distribution and Development in the World,” United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Population Distribution, Urbanization, Internal Migration, and Development, January 14, 2008, <sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/2529P01_UNPopDiv.pdf> (accessed on 3 March 2015).
23. “Internet users per 100 people,” The World Bank, <http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.P2> (accessed on February 12, 2015).
24. “Federal Transparency and Access to Public Government Information Law: First Section Stipulations Common to Subjects Compelled by the Act,” translation by Carlota McAllister, <portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/26142/12047262363Mexico.pdf/Mexico.pdf> (accessed on 28 February 2015).
25. Alasdair Roberts, “A Great and Revolutionary Law? The First Four Years of India’s Right to Information,” Public Administration Review (2010): 1; Sarah Holsen and Martial Pasquier, “Insight on Oversight: The Role of Information Commissioners in the Implementation of Access to Information Policies,” Journal of Information Policy 2, (2012): 214–24, 218.
26. Since then, the number of states that participate in the OGP has grown to 65.
27. Tim Davies and Silvana Fumega, “Mixed incentives: Adopting ICT innovations for transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption,” U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2014, <www.u4.no/publications/mixed-incentives-adopting-ict-innovations-for-transparency-accountability-and-anti-corruption> (accessed April 9, 2014).
