Impact
Four countries changed how infrastructure transparency works.
Laws were passed. Complaints were answered. Institutions changed. Data became public. One story per ITI dimension, each traceable to a published score.
- Panama +19.7 points, the record 2026 score
- Costa Rica Disclosure written into two laws
- Uganda A complaint became a completed repair
- Ecuador 32,000+ projects published as open data
Dimension 1 · Enabling environment Panama
A legal requirement replaced goodwill.
In 2023, Panama’s public procurement authority issued Resolution No. DGCP-758-2023, requiring infrastructure data to be published in line with the Infrastructure Data Standard. Publication stopped depending on which official held the file. In 2026 Panama recorded the highest national ITI score measured to date.
- Resolution DGCP-758-2023 issued
- Publication becomes an obligation
- Highest national score to date, 2026
Evidence See the full results →
+19.7 points
+40.9% relative, per source chart
Dimension 2 · Capacities and processes Costa Rica
Transparency became routine institutional practice.
Costa Rica invested in the machinery behind disclosure: capacity built across the National Emergency Commission, the State Distance University and the Poder Judicial, plus a national OC4IDS-aligned data platform. Two laws anchored the change: the General Law on Public Procurement (No. 9986, 2022) and the Framework Law on Access to Public Information (No. 10554, 2024).
- Two laws passed, 2022 and 2024
- Capacity built in three institutions
- National OC4IDS data platform
Evidence See the full results →
+19 points
+41% relative to 2021
Dimension 3 · Citizen participation Uganda
A resident reported. An institution answered.
Uganda established Grievance Management Committees that turn citizen complaints into documented, tracked responses. In Kampala’s Nakawa and Bugolobi areas, a reported hazard, open manholes on a public road, became a completed safety fix. The record shows both the report and the answer.
- Hazard reported: open manholes
- Grievance committee records it
- Repair completed and verified
Evidence See the full results →
+11.5 points
+55% relative to 2021
Dimension 4 · Data publication Ecuador
Open data became national policy.
Ecuador built a national OC4IDS-aligned data platform covering more than 32,000 infrastructure projects since 2020. The platform is no longer a project; it is policy: open infrastructure data is written into the National Integrity and Anti-Corruption Plan 2024–2028, an institutional home that outlasts any single administration.
- National data platform, 2020
- 32,000+ projects published
- Written into the Anti-Corruption Plan 2024–2028
Evidence See the full results →
32,000+ projects published since 2020
USD 9.3bn in investment covered
Stories are drawn from CoST published impact material and country assessment reports. Score movements are shown in points on the 0–100 ITI scale; relative changes are stated against the source baseline. Photography: Wikimedia Commons contributors (CC BY / CC BY-SA); credits at /images/CREDITS.txt.
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Every finding above is traceable to published country results and open data.