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.
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.