Openness is particularly important in countries that had been controlled by a single-party system for decades, in order to avoid even the semblance of the governing parties continuing the management and money allocation practices of the previous single party.
Åbenhed er særligt vigtig i lande, som gennem årtier har været kontrolleret af et etpartisystem, for at undgå at det ser ud, som om de regerende partier fortsætter det tidligere etpartisystems forvaltnings- og bevillingsmetoder.