| This exploratory cross-national study examined the global diffusion of Access to Information (ATI) laws in developing nations and the contexts in which ATI laws have been adopted, implemented, or utilized. This research found that the majority of developing nations that have adopted the ATI law have done so in the new millennium and more of them are of the lowest income groups within the study than the previous decade.;The study found that a number of the 40 developing nations that have adopted ATI laws are recovering from civil conflicts, one-fifth did not have an electoral democracy, and 15 percent of the developing nations with the law had Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of ;This study used descriptive statistics to analyze 28 indicators from 14 secondary sources to examine the political, social, legal, and economic contexts in developing countries with and without the ATI law. Developing nations with an ATI law had mean scores for these contexts that were stronger than nations without the law; however, the variation within each group indicates that case studies will complement this work. |
