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Deepening the data divide: Marginalised perspectives and non-profit priorities in Australian data sharing reforms
Big Data & Society, issue January–March (2025), 13 pp.
"This paper investigates open public data and data sharing reforms in Australia (2018–2022) and their potential role in deepening the ‘data divide’. In the contemporary datafied welfare state, open public data and data sharing are increasingly vexed issues in times of data-driven artificial in
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Manual: Periodismo de investigación. Herramientas digitales para la vigilancia de las contrataciones
Lima: Fundación Gustavo Mohme Llona; USAID (2025), 78 pp.
"El objetivo del presente documento es brindar a los periodistas una herramienta práctica para ejercer vigilancia a los procesos de contrataciones públicas. El énfasis está en el trabajo con bases de datos, en tanto la información que se genera como producto de los actos de contratación en los
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Access to Information, Exemptions and the Public Interest Override
Paris: UNESCO (2024), 14 pp.
Transparence voilée : L'information publique demeure difficile d'accès en dépit des progrès de la législation sur le droit à l'information
Afrobarometer (2024), 17 pp.
"A travers les 39 pays sondés en 2021/2023, la majorité des Africains sont favorables à l'accès du public à des informations telles que les budgets des collectivités locales, les appels d'offres et les contrats des collectivités locales, et même les salaires des fonctionnaires et des enseign
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Veiled transparency: Access to public information remains elusive despite progress on right-to-information laws
Afrobarometer (2024), 17 pp.
"Across 39 countries surveyed in 2021/2023, a majority of Africans express support for public access to information such as local government budgets, local government bids and contracts, and even the salaries of public officials and teachers. But although demand for public information is high, few c
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Batswana insist on media freedom, favour citizens’ right to government information
Afrobarometer (2024), 12 pp.
"About three-quarters (76%) of Batswana say the media should "constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption." A similar share (77%) insist on media freedom, while 20% say the government should have the right to prevent the publication of things it disapproves of. In particu
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Intimidation, Repression and Censorship: The Status of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression in Afghanistan
Rawadari (2024), 26 pp.
"The Taliban have revoked and suspended laws that included the right to access information and freedom of expression, and currently there is no effective legal mechanism to protect media outlets and journalists against interference and intimidation. This has led to widespread violation of the right
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Strong or thin digital democracy? The democratic implications of Taiwan’s open government data policy in the 2010s
Big Data & Society, issue October–December (2024), 12 pp.
"What kind of “democracy” do new government-led digital initiatives facilitate? This paper discusses the issue by investigating the open government data policy in Taiwan in the 2010s, asking whether the policy encouraged “strong democracy.” Using interviews, written records, and an analysis
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"According to the most recent Afrobarometer survey, in late 2022, Emaswati broadly agree that the media should act as a watchdog over the government, exposing government missteps and wrongdoing. Citizens value media freedom and reject the notion that public information should be the exclusive preser
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"Findings from the most recent Afrobarometer survey, in late 2022, show that most South Africans say the media should act as a watchdog over the government, constantly investigating and reporting on government mistakes and corruption. Citizens value media freedom and reject the notion that the gover
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Using Access to Information to Combat Corruption: Short Guide on Enforcement of Articles 10 and 13 on the UNCAC by Governments and Civil Society
London: Article 19 (2023), 17 pp.
"Based on Articles 10 and 13 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as an entry-point and building on recent developments in international human rights and multi-stakeholder initiatives focusing on anticorruption, transparency and openness, this Guide documents the importance of
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Development and Promotion of the Right to Information in National Frameworks: Policy Guidelines
Paris: UNESCO (2023), 41 pp.
"The first part of these guidelines describes specific stakes related to Public Sector Information and Data (PSID) Access. It starts by defining PSID and their typology, continues by positioning their access at the heart of RTI, and stresses its role in giving a new boost to GPDI promotion. PSID dis
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Towards Effective Data Governance in Africa: Progress, Initiatives & Challenges
Kampala: Pollicy (2023), iii, 20 pp.
"This desk review report provides an overview of data governance in Africa, exploring policy frameworks, implementation challenges, regional collaborations, capacity building, governmental initiatives, civil society engagement, and academia's role. The continent's increasing reliance on digital syst
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