Improving Transparency and Accountability in Public-Private Partnerships : Disclosure Diagnostic Report - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
In May 2016, the World Bank published a Framework for Disclosure of Information in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), which provides a template for the preparation of a PPP Disclosure Diagnostic that assesses the transparency and accountability of...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/355711636956927826/Islamic-Republic-of-Afghanistan-Improving-Transparency-and-Accountability-in-Public-Private-Partnerships-Disclosure-Diagnostic-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36598 |
| Summary: | In May 2016, the World Bank published
a Framework for Disclosure of Information in Public-Private
Partnerships (PPPs), which provides a template for the
preparation of a PPP Disclosure Diagnostic that assesses the
transparency and accountability of PPP programs based on the
disclosure of information. Between March 2020 and October
2020, a joint Government of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan and World Bank team conducted a study on PPP
disclosure in Afghanistan, using the World Bank’s PPP
Disclosure Diagnostic template. This study led to the
preparation of a PPP Disclosure Diagnostic Report
(hereinafter ‘Diagnostic Report’) for Afghanistan. The
Diagnostic Report examines the political, legal, and
institutional environment for the disclosure of information
on PPPs in Afghanistan. Based on these findings, benchmarked
against the World Bank’s disclosure framework, the
Diagnostic Report provides a gap assessment of the
environment for PPP disclosure in Afghanistan. It makes
specific recommendations to improve disclosure, including
recommended customized guidelines for PPP disclosure in
Afghanistan. The findings suggest that there has been some
movement toward greater transparency and openness in all
areas of government in Afghanistan, but that there is still
scope for further progress given that relevant legal reforms
are relatively new and still to be fully institutionalized.
Article 50 of the 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan ensures
that citizens ‘have the right of access to information’ from
public institutions. This principle was enhanced
substantially with the enactment of the Access to
Information Law in 2014, which was subsequently revised in
2019.2 The law further guarantees access to information and
aims to ‘ensure transparency, strengthen the culture of
provision of information, promote people’s participation in
good governance, ensure accountability in the conduct of
institutions, and combat corruption’. |
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