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by Sally Paxton | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog

Redesign Data: Dueling dashboards

This blog was co-written by our US Representative Sally Paxton and George Ingram, Chair of Friends of Publish What You Fund. It was originally published on the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) blog as part of their Redesign Data series. The potential...

by Catherine Turner | Aug 15, 2017 | News

The 2018 Aid Transparency Index: Donor selection and timeline

We are pleased to announce the donors that will be included in the 2018 Aid Transparency Index and the timeline for data collection. Data collection for the 2018 Index will start on 1st December 2017 and end on 9th March 2018. The final report will be launched in June...

by James Coe | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog

5 things we learned about IATI at the Africa Open Data Conference

This blog was originally posted on IATI’s website. It is written by James Coe (Publish What You Fund), Annelise Parr (IATI Secretariat & UNDP) and Reid Porter (InterAction). Last month, Ghana hosted the second Africa Open Data Conference (AODC). The event...

by Sally Paxton | Aug 1, 2017 | Blog

Applause for USAID

When the US made the important commitment to aid transparency in Busan in 2011, it was applauded as a significant step toward more effective, evidence-based foreign assistance. The transparency road has been a bit bumpy, but some recent work by USAID in Bangladesh...

by Katie Welford | Jul 31, 2017 | News

What proportion of aid is actually transparent? A new discussion paper

If you took part in our recent Aid Transparency Index methodology review, you will know that one of the key issues we grappled with was how to measure the ‘visibility’ of a donor’s data. By visibility, we mean the amount of information a donor...

by Andy Lulham | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog

Maintained, machine-readable DAC and CRS code lists – de rien!

tl;dr: Maintained, machine-readable versions of the DAC and CRS code lists are now available as CSV and JSON! Here’s how Publish What You Fund and Open Knowledge made it happen… The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) maintains a set of code lists –...

by Elise Dufief | Jul 4, 2017 | Blog

Three key takeaways from the Transparency Research Conference 2017

From June 19 – 21, I travelled to Limerick to attend the 5th Transparency Research Conference. It is jointly organised by the University of Limerick and the University of Baltimore in the USA, in association with the universities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and...

by Sally Paxton | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog

The Stats behind the Soundbites: What does IATI say about US foreign assistance?

This blog is by James Coe, Senior Advocacy Advisor & Sally Paxton, US Representative The 2018 foreign assistance cuts proposed by the Trump Administration have set off significant debates about the priorities for US investments abroad. Moreover, with ambitious...

by Catherine Turner | Jun 19, 2017 | Blog

The Grand Bargain: is the transparency commitment set to be ‘win-win’ for all concerned?

“We need the few giants to look past self-interest and towards building the humanitarian system of tomorrow, creating a win-win situation for donors, UN and non-UN agencies, taxpayers and, above all, affected populations.” Excerpt from: Too Important to Fail –...

by Katie Welford | Jun 15, 2017 | News

The 2018 Aid Transparency Index methodology is here

The Aid Transparency Index is the only independent measure of aid transparency among the world’s major aid organisations. To date, it has contributed to raising 25% of global aid to a high enough standard to be useful and used by others. The Index continues to...