Freedom of information law and good governance : the curse of corruption in Sierra Leone / Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai.
Abdulai, Emmanuel Saffa, author.
2022
KJT211.8
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Title Freedom of information law and good governance : the curse of corruption in Sierra Leone / Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai.
Author Abdulai, Emmanuel Saffa, author.
ISBN 9783030836580 (electronic bk.)
3030836584 (electronic bk.)
9783030836573
3030836576
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83658-0
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-83658-0 doi
Call Number KJT211.8
Dewey Decimal Classification 342.66408/53
Summary This book argues that Sierra Leones ten-year civil conflict demonstrates the criticality of freedom of information (FOI) as a facet of good governance where corruption thrives, spanning both public and private sectors, if Sierra Leones continued security and stability are to be ensured. It argues that it was the absence of an anti-corruption tool like FOI and its attendants, transparency, and accountability, in governance generally, and in the area of the extractive industry in particular, that lead to other social phenomena which directly sparked the war. It proffers that for the continued consolidation of peace, security, stability and development in Sierra Leone, transparency and accountability must be ensured by protecting and implementing the demand driven anti-graft FOI. Straddling the disciplines of law, political science, public policy, and history, the books major premise is that it was the absence of FOI in the area of governance and the extractive industry, which enabled politicians, civil servants and the politically connected to ransom and exploit Sierra Leones mineral resources for their own profit with impunity, a state of affairs which led to underdevelopment, state collapse and an embittered civil populace especially the youth. The book postulates that as such any attempt to ensure long-term peace in Sierra Leone, should seek to avoid replicating the conditions that gave rise to that gruesome conflict- elites expropriation of national resources through endemic graft. The book proposes the comprehensive and effective implementation of the Right to Information Act 2013.
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Chapter 1: Introduction: A Brief Global History of the Emergence, Evolution, Development and Proliferation of Freedom of Information: Principles Definitive of Scope and Substance
Chapter 2: Myths Surrounding Freedom of Information Laws
Chapter 3: How FOI aids womens Empowerment and redcues Gender and Sexual Based Violence
Chapter 4: Comparative Analysis of Freedom of Information Laws in Sierra Leone and Liberia
Chapter 5: Sierra Leones Resource Curse: How the Abuse of Diamonds, Politics and Power Collapsed a Nation
Chapter 6: War, Business as Usual: The Global Scramble for Sierra Leones Natural Resources
Chapter 7: Diamonds, War, Poverty and Underdevelopment: A Multidimensional Perspective on the Global Diamond Industry and its Need for Reform
Chapter 8: The Place of FOI in the Second Republic
Chapter 9: Localising Transparency and Accountability: Access to Information and Citizen Engagement Under the Local Government Act 2004
Chapter 10: The Effect of The EITI Process on Transparency and Accountability in Sierra Leones Extractive Industry
Chapter 11: Conclusion; Breaking Free of the Bog: The Need for a Novel Impetus in the Implementation of the RTAI Act 2013.

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