Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2000
Abstract
Transparency is on the rise, touted as the solution to such disparate problems asfinancial volatility, environmental degradation, money laundering, and corruption. Buttransparency faces much opposition, particularly from those under scrutiny. Such actorsoften have strong incentives to avoid providing information. To explain the growingdemand for transparency and to assess its prospects for success requires attention tomatters of politics – that is, power. Power is often needed to induce disclosures orrestructure incentives. And the information thus revealed can shift power from the formerholders of secrets to the newly informed. This paper explores the politics of transparency– why it is emerging, and what are the advantages and difficulties inherent in relying ontransparency to address global issues.
Discipline
Political Science | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Research Areas
School of Social Sciences (SOSS); Political Science
Publication
Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, 1999: April 28-30, Washington DC: Proceedings
First Page
163
Last Page
184
ISBN
9780821349052
Publisher
World Bank
City or Country
Washington, DC
Citation
FLORINI, Ann, "Does the invisible hand need a transparent glove?" (2000). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 2092.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2092
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2092
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