{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3096937124","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3428502.3428558","title":"The role of open data in enabling fiscal transparency and accountability in municipalities in Africa","display_name":"The role of open data in enabling fiscal transparency and accountability in municipalities in Africa","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-09-23","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3096937124","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3428502.3428558","mag":"3096937124"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3428502.3428558","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3428502.3428558","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007643972","display_name":"Paul Kariuki","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5758-5343"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Paul Kariuki","raw_affiliation_strings":["Democracy Development Programme, South Africa"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Democracy Development Programme, South Africa","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049093479","display_name":"Jude A. Adeleke","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3556-4645"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210087579","display_name":"National Space Research and Development Agency","ror":"https://ror.org/005epk420","country_code":"NG","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801477186","https://openalex.org/I4210087579","https://openalex.org/I4210122850"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jude A. Adeleke","raw_affiliation_strings":["National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087579"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5072396598","display_name":"Lizzy Ofusori","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-619X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I95023434","display_name":"University of KwaZulu-Natal","ror":"https://ror.org/04qzfn040","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I95023434"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lizzy Oluwatoyin Ofusori","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I95023434"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5007643972"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.5957,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92421197,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"410","last_page":"418"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11461","display_name":"Local Government Finance and Decentralization","score":0.9782000184059143,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11461","display_name":"Local Government Finance and Decentralization","score":0.9782000184059143,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10953","display_name":"E-Government and Public Services","score":0.9624999761581421,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13285","display_name":"Local Governance and Development","score":0.927299976348877,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3305","display_name":"Geography, Planning and Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/accountability","display_name":"Accountability","score":0.8965187072753906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transparency","display_name":"Transparency (behavior)","score":0.8706225156784058},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scrutiny","display_name":"Scrutiny","score":0.8291909694671631},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/open-data","display_name":"Open data","score":0.729357123374939},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/open-government","display_name":"Open government","score":0.6558457016944885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/local-government","display_name":"Local government","score":0.5710696578025818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.5543248653411865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/citizen-journalism","display_name":"Citizen journalism","score":0.47501930594444275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/politics","display_name":"Politics","score":0.44344648718833923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/government","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","score":0.4160056710243225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-administration","display_name":"Public administration","score":0.3806575536727905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-economics","display_name":"Public economics","score":0.3806503713130951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.2881614565849304},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.2433004379272461}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776007630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2798912","display_name":"Accountability","level":2,"score":0.8965187072753906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780233690","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535347","display_name":"Transparency (behavior)","level":2,"score":0.8706225156784058},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776050585","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7439360","display_name":"Scrutiny","level":2,"score":0.8291909694671631},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780535194","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309901","display_name":"Open data","level":2,"score":0.729357123374939},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777221391","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720829","display_name":"Open government","level":3,"score":0.6558457016944885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778719706","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6501447","display_name":"Local government","level":2,"score":0.5710696578025818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5543248653411865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203663800","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848979","display_name":"Citizen journalism","level":2,"score":0.47501930594444275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.44344648718833923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.4160056710243225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3116431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31728","display_name":"Public administration","level":1,"score":0.3806575536727905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100001284","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2248246","display_name":"Public economics","level":1,"score":0.3806503713130951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.2881614565849304},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.2433004379272461},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3428502.3428558","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3428502.3428558","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.4099999964237213,"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":23,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W31796150","https://openalex.org/W38580840","https://openalex.org/W288453483","https://openalex.org/W646165564","https://openalex.org/W1503450581","https://openalex.org/W1534579380","https://openalex.org/W1550064549","https://openalex.org/W1751260148","https://openalex.org/W2043053701","https://openalex.org/W2095672556","https://openalex.org/W2100452870","https://openalex.org/W2112031167","https://openalex.org/W2268838235","https://openalex.org/W2293621092","https://openalex.org/W2581281458","https://openalex.org/W2619782297","https://openalex.org/W2751367972","https://openalex.org/W2769600310","https://openalex.org/W3122532917","https://openalex.org/W4254499267","https://openalex.org/W4302209321","https://openalex.org/W4313822524","https://openalex.org/W6636158168"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2802648597","https://openalex.org/W2588480360","https://openalex.org/W2351298533","https://openalex.org/W2810054926","https://openalex.org/W2773217210","https://openalex.org/W2476658254","https://openalex.org/W3176772666","https://openalex.org/W4233421760","https://openalex.org/W2206400781","https://openalex.org/W1515946348"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,63,128],"article":[1,91],"explores":[2],"the":[3,9,58,97,116,124,140,149],"role":[4],"of":[5,11,34,40,56,103,112],"open":[6,94,113],"data":[7,95,114,137],"in":[8,27,87,147],"monitoring":[10],"budgets":[12,46,105],"as":[13],"a":[14,66],"citizen-centered":[15],"accountability":[16,83],"mechanism":[17],"that":[18,75,93],"could":[19],"benefit":[20],"budget":[21,59],"allocation":[22],"and":[23,53,80],"spending":[24],"by":[25,84],"municipalities":[26,30],"Africa.":[28],"Annually,":[29],"allocate":[31],"significant":[32,130],"amounts":[33],"financial":[35],"resources":[36],"towards":[37],"better":[38],"provision":[39],"basic":[41],"services.":[42],"However,":[43],"often":[44],"these":[45],"are":[47,77],"drawn-up":[48],"with":[49],"minimal":[50],"citizen":[51,101],"engagement":[52],"limited":[54,78],"scrutiny":[55,102],"how":[57],"is":[60],"being":[61],"spent.":[62],"study":[64],"used":[65],"mixed-methods":[67],"approach":[68],"to":[69,99,118,133,139],"collect":[70],"its":[71],"data.":[72],"It":[73],"found":[74],"there":[76],"citizen-oversight":[79],"weak":[81],"fiscal":[82,108],"local":[85,125,150],"governments":[86],"both":[88],"countries.":[89],"The":[90],"premises":[92],"has":[96,115],"potential":[98,117],"increase":[100],"municipal":[104],"thereby":[106],"improving":[107],"transparency.":[109],"Effective":[110],"use":[111,145],"enhance":[119],"credible":[120],"participatory":[121],"governance":[122],"at":[123],"government":[126,151],"level.":[127],"requires":[129],"political":[131],"will":[132],"make":[134],"all":[135],"important":[136],"accessible":[138],"public,":[141],"so":[142],"they":[143],"can":[144],"it":[146],"holding":[148],"accountable.":[152]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-04-01T17:29:45.350535","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}