Managing Records and Information for Transparent, Accountable, and Inclusive Governance in the Digital Environment : Lessons from Nordic Countries

Thurston, Anne

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: COMMUNITIES;    DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION;    ADVANCED SEARCH;    E-MAIL;    DATA PROCESSING;   

RP-ID  :  98723

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This set of three case studies exploresthe intersection of openness, digital governance, andhighquality information in Estonia,1 Finland, and Norway withthe aim of identifying lessonsthat will support the sameobjectives in lower resource countries. Openness, a keyaspect ofthe international agenda for increasingtransparency and accountability, for reducing publicsectorcorruption, and for strengthening economicperformance, rests on the principle that citizenshave aright to know what their governments are doing and tobenefit from using governmentinformation. Goals for open,accountable, and inclusive governance rest on the assumptionthattrustworthy information is available and can be sharedmeaningfully through strategies for digitalgovernance. Thisassumption needs to be examined. Does reliable and completeinformationexist across lower resource countries? Can it beaccessed readily? Will it survive through time?