It’s the second week of 2014, we are all back at work, and it already seems like Christmas was a distant memory. But that doesn’t mean it’s too late to think about what the long year stretching out before us might have in store. Here are my three aid transparency predictions for 2014: France will […]
In a new interactive map created by the Guardian, aid, development and transparency information is shown for all European countries that are part of the OECD development assistance committee. The map shows: Donor governments’ priority areas and countries in 2012, and shows how much official development assistance (ODA) they spent as a proportion of their gross national income, using OECD data. Donors’ transparency performance, based […]
Earlier this week, the European Court of Auditors released its findings of an audit of European financial support to help developing countries cope with climate impacts. The report reveals the overall EU coordination with member states, who provide the large majority of European climate finance, is inadequate. Auditors highlight how the lack of a robust monitoring, reporting and […]
Today the U.S.-based Foundation Center became the 200th publisher to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). The Foundation Center, the leading source of information on philanthropy worldwide, has become the 200th organisation to publish data to the IATI standard. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database of US, and increasingly global, grant-makers and their grants. […]
Transparency International’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index ranking 177 countries/territories – including all EU member states – offers a warning that the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery continue to ravage societies around the world. In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2013, Denmark and New Zealand tie for first place with scores of 91. Afghanistan, North […]
Tonight on BBC Panorama, the Global Fund – one of the biggest providers of international aid to fight malaria, AIDs and tuberculosis – faces serious questions about its spending. A leaked report shows alleged corruption – involving tens of thousands of dollars – was discovered by investigators working for the Fund. But according to the BBC, the report […]
