Keynote Plenary Discussion - FOI in Poor/Closed Societies and Private Sector

This is an excerpt from the plenary discussion following the keynote panel at the 2009 Meeting of Soros Foundation Law Program staff on the Right to Information. The discussion sought to address the key challenges to realization of the right to information in participants' home contexts. Questions were raised by Zuzana Wienk, Anna Alexandrova, Yervand Shirinyan, and Afia Asantewaa Asare Kyei (respectively) about exercising FOI in poor and closed societies. Venkatesh Nayak responds with some low cost and low tech solutions that have been employed in India. Roberto Saba underlines the need to change perceptions about the fundamental necessity of access to information to achieve democracy. Finally, Helen Darbishire responds to a question from Gladys Onyango about accessing information from private entities that may have a significant impact on fundamental rights and corruption.

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