@misc{10481/110177,
year = {2020},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/110177},
abstract = {The term “transparency” in economics and
finance is defined very broadly as a process by
which information about existing conditions,
decisions, and actions is made accessible, visible,
and understandable. Transparency is understood
as the effective flow of information or as the
process in which the information is prepared and
disclosed in a safe, understandable, and timely
manner (IMF Working Group 1998; Kopits and
Craig 1998; Vishwanath and Kaufmann 1999). In
particular, transparency is the opposite of secrecy
(Florini 2000). One of its main underlying
assumptions is that transparency is always closely
connected to accountability.
Transparency in public administration gives
greater openness about political and economic
decisions and promotes the accountability of
organizations (ibid.). Therefore, the need to estab lish transparency mechanisms is essential to
improve public managers’ decision-making and
to optimize the information then disclosed to the
citizens. Finally, economic development and
transparency go together. Logically, transparency
is negatively correlated with corruption and posi tively correlated with economic development.
Corruption and socioeconomic development
indicators help analyze how countries have
evolved and how they are positioned relatively
to each other, to support transparency. It is impor tant to realize how these countries have behaved
and the main differences because the best trans parency practices can serve as example for the
others.},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Accountability},
keywords = {Corruption},
keywords = {Socioeconomic},
title = {Transparency in South American Central Governments},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_4130},
author = {Hermosa Del Vasto, Paola Marcela and Jorge, Susana and Urquía-Grande, Elena and del Campo, Cristina},
}