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– Access to information is critical to achieving the SDGs (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 28, 2018

While there's been a rise in the number of right to information laws adopted – 90% of the world now lives in a country with an RTI law – implementation hasn't necessarily followed suit, and progress is certainly not universal.
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