Does media freedom improve government effectiveness? A comparative cross-country analysis

García‐Sánchez, Isabel‐María; Cuadrado‐Ballesteros, Beatriz; Frías-Aceituno, José-Valeriano

doi:10.1007/s10657-014-9462-z

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“…The study follows earlier studies (La Porta et al, 1999;Garc ıa-S anchez et al, 2016;Garcia-Sanchez et al, 2013) on proxy government effectiveness using the index developed by the World Bank (Kaufmann et al, 1999). It is a perception-based index which assesses public service quality, civil service quality, independence from political pressures, how creditable government is committed to policies, as well as, the quality of policy and its implementation.…”

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“…The governance literature is yet to have a universal agreement on the measurement of indicators such as effectiveness and quality in performance measurement (Garc ıa-S anchez et al, 2016, Brewer et al, 2007. Effectiveness of government addresses whether public administration carries out its mandate as expected, whether citizens work hard and well, whether the actions of public servants and the procedures of the civil service achieve objectives and overall missions at large (Rainey and Steinbauer, 1999).…”

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Determinants and convergence of government effectiveness in Africa and Asia

Duho¹,

Amankwa²,

Musah-Surugu³

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants and convergence of government effectiveness in African and Asian countries.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilizes data from 100 countries in Africa and Asia from 2002 to 2018. The panel-corrected standard error regression is used for the regression analysis, while both beta-convergence and sigma-convergence among the countries are tested.FindingsBoth beta-convergence and sigma-convergence exist among African and Asian countries. Asia performs better than Africa across all indicators except for press freedom, and voice and accountability. Corruption perception index, government size, voice and accountability, regulatory quality and economic wealth have a significant positive effect on government effectiveness. Press freedom negatively impacts on government effectiveness, suggesting that freedom is necessary but not sufficient if there are political actors whose actions undermine freedom. Similarly, the political constraint index, as reflected by checks and balances are necessary but not sufficient to enhance government effectiveness, especially in Asia.Practical implicationsThe results reveal that for press freedom and political checks and balances to enhance government effectiveness, there is a need for a different and holistic approach. The results are relevant for policymakers, public sector practitioners and academics.Originality/valueThis study utilizes a new dataset and is premier in exploring the convergence of government effectiveness among African and Asian countries.

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Determinants and convergence of government effectiveness in Africa and Asia

Duho¹,

Amankwa²,

Musah-Surugu³

2020

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“…On one hand, the state allows and even actively stimulates social media, such as microblogs and blogs etc, to expose local officials' malpractice from incompetence to corruption before relevant officials are investigated or convicted, often with the idea to build countervailing power against the distortion of information between the central and local authorities [23] .In fact, it can help explain why the central authority tolerates negative news about local levels of government, though local authorities strive to suppress such news [24] . On the other hand, the central government may also use social media to monitor local officials and ensure local governments and their officials act responsibly [25][26] . For instance, some authors argued that media criticism of the local governments would help the central government ensure local compliance and create favorable public opinion by disclosing local recalcitrance before relevant officials are investigated or convicted [27][28] .…”

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The Role of Social Media in Promoting Information Disclosure on Environmental Incidents: An Evolutionary Game Theory Perspective

Ling¹,

Gao²,

Liu³

2018

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Despite the expectation that social media use in the public sector contributes to enhancing government's transparency, few studies have been investigated whether social media use actually leads to more disclosure during environmental incidents in practice and how social media influence local governments and their officials' information disclosure. In this article, we model information disclosure during environmental incidents as an evolutionary game process between the central government and local government in social media context, and examine the internal mechanism that how social media influence the progress of information disclosure during environmental incidents. The findings indicate that social media plays an active constructive role in central-local government game relations. Specific- ally, social media can provides an efficient information channels for the central government supervise regional officials in environmental incidents, and thus improves its supervision efficiency, and it also provides an important means for internet mobilization and online-offline interaction by encouraging the public exchange information and express their views, and in turn forces local governments and their officials tend to disclosure ahead.

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“…For example, Dong et al indicated the role of social media in the supervision of the government, judiciary, and other public powers; the maintenance of justice and protection of disadvantaged groups; and in attracting the government's attention, urging the government to publicize information and investigate the event, and promoting social management innovation and institutional change [22]. Other authors such as Cuadrado-Ballesteros et al provided a similar viewpoint: social media can improve the government's effectiveness [31]. This means that social media can improve citizens' accessibility to information, which in turn would make it more difficult for politicians and public servants to cover up or hide corrupt behavior.…”

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The Role of Social Media in Promoting Information Disclosure on Environmental Incidents: An Evolutionary Game Theory Perspective

2018

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In recent years, social media has had a crucial role in promoting governments to act more responsibly. However, few studies have investigated whether social media use actually leads to increased disclosure during environmental incidents, or how social media influences regional governments’ information disclosure, even though delayed and insufficient disclosure on relevant incidents is often widespread in China. In this article, we model information disclosure during environmental incidents as an evolutionary game process between the central government and local governments, and examine the role of social media on game participants’ strategy selections in the information disclosure game. The results indicate that social media plays an active role in promoting the regional government to proactively disclose information during environmental incidents through two mechanisms: the top–down intervention mechanism, and the bottom–up reputation mechanism. More specifically, social media can provide efficient information channels for the central government to supervise local officials’ limited disclosure during environmental incidents, essentially sharing the central government’s supervision costs, and thus improving its supervision and intervention efficiency. Social media helps focus the public’s attention on the limited disclosure of local officials in environmental incidents, and actively mobilizes citizens to protest to maintain their interests, placing considerable pressure on the reputation of local governments.

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Does media freedom improve government effectiveness? A comparative cross-country analysis

Cited by 13 publications

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Determinants and convergence of government effectiveness in Africa and Asia

Determinants and convergence of government effectiveness in Africa and Asia

The Role of Social Media in Promoting Information Disclosure on Environmental Incidents: An Evolutionary Game Theory Perspective

The Role of Social Media in Promoting Information Disclosure on Environmental Incidents: An Evolutionary Game Theory Perspective

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