Determinants of public transparency: A study in Brazilian local governments

Baldissera, Juliano Francisco; Dall'Asta, Denis; Vesco, Delci Grapegia Dal; Scarpin, Jorge Eduardo; Fiirst, Clóvis

doi:10.1080/09540962.2021.1965390

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“…Studies related to the factors or drivers that promote the disclosure of public information identify different theoretical approaches, highlighting the agency and legitimacy theories as relevant insights (Baldissera et al, 2021;Garrido-Rodríguez et al, 2019;Klun et al, 2019;Tejedo-Romero & Araujo, 2020). These theories capture citizens' demands for public transparency and the respective preferences of public officials in this regard (Araujo & Tejedo-Romero, 2016).…”

Section: Agency and Legitimacy Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Agency theory focuses on the problems related to information asymmetry between principals (i.e., citizens) and agents (i.e., officials or politicians) and the existing conflicts of interest (Baldissera et al, 2021;Tejedo-Romero & Araujo, 2018). The information that governors know about their decisions and the management of public resources is not always accessible or understandable to citizens, so…”

Section: Agency and Legitimacy Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transparency and its drivers. A study of the Colombian experience (2012-2016)

Castañeda-Rodríguez,

Leon-Silva

2024

Rev. Adm. Pública

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The research aim is to analyze the drivers of transparency levels in Colombian municipalities from the perspective of citizens (agency theory) and local governments (legitimacy theory). We used the Panel Corrected Standard Errors (PCSE) and a system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimator in a dataset of 1,101 Colombian municipalities for five years (2012-2016). Our results show that fiscal autonomy, education, gross domestic product per capita, population size, and political participation are positively associated with public information disclosure in Colombia. Through this research, we contribute to the transparency literature in subnational governments in developing countries by examining determinants related to “citizens’ monitoring abilities” and “pressures for legitimacy” in Colombia.

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Section: Agency and Legitimacy Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Agency and Legitimacy Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transparency and its drivers. A study of the Colombian experience (2012-2016)

Castañeda-Rodríguez,

Leon-Silva

2024

Rev. Adm. Pública

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“…Ruvalcaba-Gómez and Renteria, 2020; Berliner et al ., 2021), and Brazil (e.g. Matheus et al ., 2020; Baldissera et al ., 2021), but more research is needed on many other developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Serious corruption scandals have occurred in these geographical regions, and they suffer from underdevelopment, debt problems, public deficit, etc.…”

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Transparency in public administrations: a structured literature review

Cuadrado‐Ballesteros

Ríos

Guillamón

2023

JPBAFM

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PurposeLiterature about transparency in public-sector organizations has been attracting the attention of scholars for the last two decades. This study reviews the existing literature with the intention of creating a description of the state of the art, categorized by geographical areas, levels of government, topics, and methodologies.Design/methodology/approachThe authors have developed a structured literature review following a rigorous protocol. The initial search was launched on 25 April 2022 on Scopus and Web of Science, resulting in 3,217 articles. After removing duplicates and studies that did not meet all the inclusion criteria specified in the review protocol, the final sample includes 956 articles from 1991 to 2021.FindingsThe analyses show a considerable increase in studies since 2005, especially in the last two years, when 30% of the publications have been produced. Most of the studies analyze the national/central level of government. Many authors compare different countries, while other scholars focus on specific countries, overall, the USA and the UK. The local level of government has also been widely studied, especially in the Spanish and Chinese contexts. The most frequently used methodologies are quantitative and empirical techniques, and the most common topics are those associated with accountability.Originality/valueThis study uses a huge sample (956 articles over the period 1991–2021), which has never been used before, to examine the literature on transparency. The structured literature review facilitates the identification of gaps that can be filled by future studies. These include analyzing transparency in specific geographical areas like Africa, Asia, and Latin America, studying transparency at different levels of government, especially at the regional and federal levels, and providing comparative studies and case study collections.

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“…For some authors, Brazil meets some points of the legislation, however, they agree among themselves that significant improvements are necessary for an effective attendance of active transparency (Alves et al, 2021;Baldissera et al 2021;Michener et al, 2021;Silva et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Applying the LAI generates transparency and democratizes information, improving the relationship between the citizen and the government (Macadar et al, 2015). Baldissera et al (2021) stresses that access to information is one of the great characteristics of democratic governments. Among the various Brazilian government agencies and entities, the IFES stand out, which by its capacity in generating knowledge and efforts in the area of research, design of new technological solutions, can contribute to increase the effectiveness of public management (Gant & Turner-Lee, 2011).…”

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Priority themes on active transparency in federal institutions of higher education: A systematic mapping

Souza¹,

Cavalcanti²,

Castro³

et al. 2023

Connecting Expertise Multidisciplinary Development for the Future

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Initiatives aimed at citizen participation, transparency and the use of technologies have led public management to new directions. Open government is an international initiative that encourages governments that are more transparent, accountable and open to social participation. An interesting initiative applied in Brazil is the proactive dissemination of information of collective interest to society by these bodies and entities, including federal institutions of higher education (IFES), due to their social role and potential for disseminating knowledge to society. . In this context, the objective of this work is to identify which are the themes of collective interest in IFES for the due fulfillment of active transparency. For this, a bibliographic survey, a documentary research and a systematic mapping study were carried out, enhancing the results found. As a result, some general and specific themes of collective interest in IFES were identified.

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Determinants of public transparency: A study in Brazilian local governments

Cited by 10 publications

References 44 publications

Transparency and its drivers. A study of the Colombian experience (2012-2016)

Transparency and its drivers. A study of the Colombian experience (2012-2016)

Transparency in public administrations: a structured literature review

Priority themes on active transparency in federal institutions of higher education: A systematic mapping

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