Ann Florini is the founding director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She is also a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where her work explores new approaches to global governance.

• Foreword, by Joseph E. Stiglitz Introduction: The Battle Over Transparency, by Ann Florini Part 1: National Stories 1. India: Grassroots Initiatives, by Shekhar Singh 2. Toward a More Open China?, by Jamie P. Horsley 3. Open Government in China: Practice and Problems, by Hanhua Zhou 4. Central and Eastern Europe: Starting from Scratch, by Ivan Szekely 5. The Challenging Case of Nigeria, by Ayo Obe Part 2: Themes 6. Making the Law Work: The Challenges of Implementation, by Laura Neuman and Richard Calland 7. Prizing Open the Profit-Making World, by Richard Calland 8. The Struggle for Openness in the International Financial Institutions, by Thomas Blanton 9. Transparency and Environmental Governance, by Vivek Ramkumar and Elena Petkova 10. Transparency in the Security Sector, by Alasdair Roberts Conclusion: Whither Transparency?, by Ann Florini Contributors Index

Ann Florini is the founding director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She is also a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where her work explores new approaches to global governance.

• Foreword, by Joseph E. Stiglitz Introduction: The Battle Over Transparency, by Ann Florini Part 1: National Stories 1. India: Grassroots Initiatives, by Shekhar Singh 2. Toward a More Open China?, by Jamie P. Horsley 3. Open Government in China: Practice and Problems, by Hanhua Zhou 4. Central and Eastern Europe: Starting from Scratch, by Ivan Szekely 5. The Challenging Case of Nigeria, by Ayo Obe Part 2: Themes 6. Making the Law Work: The Challenges of Implementation, by Laura Neuman and Richard Calland 7. Prizing Open the Profit-Making World, by Richard Calland 8. The Struggle for Openness in the International Financial Institutions, by Thomas Blanton 9. Transparency and Environmental Governance, by Vivek Ramkumar and Elena Petkova 10. Transparency in the Security Sector, by Alasdair Roberts Conclusion: Whither Transparency?, by Ann Florini Contributors Index

Ann Florini is the founding director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She is also a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where her work explores new approaches to global governance.

• Foreword, by Joseph E. Stiglitz Introduction: The Battle Over Transparency, by Ann Florini Part 1: National Stories 1. India: Grassroots Initiatives, by Shekhar Singh 2. Toward a More Open China?, by Jamie P. Horsley 3. Open Government in China: Practice and Problems, by Hanhua Zhou 4. Central and Eastern Europe: Starting from Scratch, by Ivan Szekely 5. The Challenging Case of Nigeria, by Ayo Obe Part 2: Themes 6. Making the Law Work: The Challenges of Implementation, by Laura Neuman and Richard Calland 7. Prizing Open the Profit-Making World, by Richard Calland 8. The Struggle for Openness in the International Financial Institutions, by Thomas Blanton 9. Transparency and Environmental Governance, by Vivek Ramkumar and Elena Petkova 10. Transparency in the Security Sector, by Alasdair Roberts Conclusion: Whither Transparency?, by Ann Florini Contributors Index