News Archives - Publish What You Fund

by Katie Welford | Jul 16, 2018 | News

New CEO joins Publish What You Fund

Publish What You Fund is delighted to introduce its new CEO, Gary Forster. Gary joins the team at an exciting time, following the successful launch of the 2018 Aid Transparency Index in June under the excellent leadership of interim CEO Catherine Turner. The team is...

by Katie Welford | Jun 20, 2018 | News

Foreign Office lags behind on international aid transparency

FCO placed 40th out of 45 on global transparency index, compared to DFID who come 3rd The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is one of the worst major donors in the world on aid transparency, according to a new Index released today [Wednesday, 20th June]. The...

by Katie Welford | Jun 20, 2018 | News

Asian Development Bank tops global aid transparency rankings for first time

Development finance institutions as a group perform above average in ranking of 45 aid and development donors The Asian Development Bank comes top for the first time in a global transparency ranking, as the seven development finance institutions (DFIs) included...

by Katie Welford | Jun 19, 2018 | News

USAID biggest improver among US agencies in global foreign assistance transparency

MCC still global leader ranked 5th out of 45 agencies USAID places 16th, solidly in the ‘good’ category, in a global transparency ranking after making efforts to improve the quality of its foreign assistance data. The Aid Transparency Index, launched by...

by Katie Welford | Jun 18, 2018 | News

George Ingram delivers testimony to Senate based on our USFA research

George Ingram, Board Chair of Friends of Publish What You Fund, has delivered testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on the Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations for the State Department, USAID, and MCC. This testimony...

by Katie Welford | Jun 4, 2018 | News

Aid Transparency Index launch – 20th June 2018

Publish What You Fund will launch the 2018 Aid Transparency Index on the morning of 20th June at the Brookings Institute in Washington DC. This is the seventh full Index report, which this year will assess 45 of the largest donors of aid and development finance. The...

by Katie Welford | Mar 2, 2018 | News

New leadership at Publish What You Fund: message from Giles Bolton, Chair

Rupert Simons is stepping down as Chief Executive of Publish What You Fund after three years. During Rupert’s time, Publish What You Fund has strengthened its role as the leading advocate for global aid transparency. The 2016 Aid Transparency Index showed that aid...

by Katie Welford | Feb 15, 2018 | News

DAC publish code lists in machine-readable format

Publish What You Fund wholly welcomes the introduction of machine-readable code lists by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Last year, our resident tecchie Andy Lulham blogged about creating his own maintained, machine-readable DAC-CRS code lists in...

by Katie Welford | Nov 20, 2017 | News

The frontiers of data interoperability for sustainable development: where next?

The latest report from the Joined-Up Data Standards [JUDS] project explores where progress has been made, what challenges still remain, and how the new Collaborative on SDG Data Interoperability will play a critical role in moving forward the agenda for...

by Katie Welford | Nov 3, 2017 | News

Better to be open about aid than fiddle the figures

Publish What You Fund gives a cautious welcome to agreement on foreign aid reform, but urges greater transparency so that aid can make a bigger difference The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) met this week in Paris to consider reforms to how foreign...