Notes
Singapore’s lack of political transparency, as opposed to economic transparency, was commented on by economist Daniel Kaufmann at a Conference on Transparency and Governance organised by the Lee Kuan Yew School in 2007. Read a news report here.
The Open Government Partnership’s eligibility criteria can be viewed here. Its scoresheet is available here.
Going deeper
- On economic versus political transparency, read Garry Rodan’s book, Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia (Taylor & Francis, 2004).
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