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– How the right to information can help fight poverty (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 20, 2017

ARTICLE 19 and the Campaign for Freedom of Information have launched a new report called "Open Development: Access to Information and the Sustainable Development Goals", which examines the links between the right to information and fighting poverty.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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