The Global Campaign for Aid and Development Transparency
By Toby Trembath | |
Data must be current for an organisation to be able to score on each indicator. For purposes of the Index, “current” is defined as published within the 12-months immediately preceding the end of the data collection period, e.g. “current” information was published between the 4th July 2025 and 3rd July 2026. Information published before this […]
By Toby Trembath | |
Manual checks and sampling are conducted by Publish What You Fund staff on 16 indicators published in the IATI Standard. The purpose is to ensure that the information published for these indicators is what it should be and encourages the publication of high-quality information to the IATI Registry with the aim of benefiting data users. […]
By Toby Trembath | |
The Aid Transparency Index relaunched in 2026 with a new paid-for accreditation model. International organisations were given the opportunity to sign up to participate fully in the Index accreditation and assessment process, including full engagement, capacity building and formal recognition for their transparency performance. Seventeen agencies have signed up to participate, including major bilateral donors, […]
By Toby Trembath | |
The Aid Transparency Index aims to push donors to publish their aid and development information in an open data format. As the global aid landscape changes and donors make progress towards this goal, the methodology has been revised and developed to remain relevant. The 2026 Aid Transparency Index technical paper contains a full account of the scoring […]
By Toby Trembath | |
The Aid Transparency Index is the only independent measure of transparency among the world’s leading development organisations. It is a periodic publication researched and produced by Publish What You Fund. The Index tracks and encourages progress towards aid transparency, while holding donors to account. Between 2012 and 2024, the Aid Transparency Index operated as a global public […]
By Toby Trembath | |
Most of our funding is derived from grant-making foundations who share our values and objectives. A full list of our funders is here. Some of our work is also supported by Friends of Publish What You Fund an independent 501(c)(3) organisation registered in the District of Columbia.