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European AidWatch Report: High fliers and poor performers on aid transparency

The AidWatch Report 2011, released May 19 highlights the importance of aid transparency and the striking variation amongst EU Member States’ progress towards aid transparency. There are good performers among emerging and traditional donors, and among large and small member…

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IATI celebrate release of second donor’s data

Good news for IATI today as The Hewlett Foundation became the second donor to publish to the IATI standard, releasing data on their global development and international population grantmaking.

The Foundation’s move to publish their data to IATI is part of…

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Aid Transparency Blog Launched

The Aid Transparency Blog by Devex and Publish What You Fund is up!

As 2011 takes aid transparency from rhetoric to reality, we wanted to have a global conversation with people in all areas of development about what aid transparency means….

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Aid Transparency Assessment presented in Washington DC

On 8th December, Publish What You Fund presented the findings of our Aid Transparency Assessment at the World Bank in Washington, DC, and at the Brookings Institution on 9th December.

The World Bank panel discussion featured William Towah (Unit Director…

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Aid Transparency Assessment to launch in U.S.

Publish What You Fund will be launching the first global Aid Transparency Assessment in Washington, DC in December.

December 8th at the World Bank

14:00 – 16:00 pm, MC2-800, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC.

With: Karin Christiansen, Publish What You Fund, and…

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50 CSOs urge European leaders to keep transparency promise

Today Publish What You Fund and 49 other civil society organisations, agencies and networks, urged EU development leaders to fulfill commitments made at the Accra High Level Forum, and to define a common European position on mutual accountability and transparency.

The…

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Aid Transparency Assessment launched

Publish What You Fund has developed an Aid Transparency Assessment. This is the first global assessment for aid transparency and we plan to produce more in the future.

We compare the transparency of 30 major donors using eight data sources across…

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Publish What You Fund in New Europe

An analytical piece “Europe: Taking the lead on aid transparency?” submitted by Publish What You Fund appears in New Europe’s 900th issue and here on the web.

The article argues that “The EC’s commitment to IATI is critical as the…

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IATI Letters to Ministers

Ahead of the 7 July International Aid Transparency Initiative Steering Committee meeting in Paris, CSOs from around the world urged development ministers to support an aid transparency standard which ensured more effective foreign assistance. On 28 July CSOs sent follow-up letters encouraging…

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