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European Development Days survey shows support for aid

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The European Development Days saw thousands of development advocates, decision-makers and practitioners in Brussels. The three main themes this year were food security, private sector development and inclusive growth. EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, announced the results of a ‘Eurobarameter’ survey, indicating broad European support for development aid, despite the economic crisis. Commissioner Peibalgs used the findings […]

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Guardian debate: data censorship, foreign aid and international development

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Last night a live debate was hosted by the Guardian and Google on data censorship, foreign aid and international development. Moderated by Data Store editor Simon Rogers, the panel included: Douglas Alexander, Labour MP Rachel Rank, Publish What You Fund Salil Tripathi, Director of policy at the Institute for Human Rights and Business Ian Goldin, Director of […]

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New Index shows US falls short in backing for global prosperity

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The United States has a long way to go in improving policies that support shared global prosperity, according to a Center for Global Development (CGD) index released a week before the US presidential debate on foreign policy. Still the world’s largest economy, with GDP more than twice that of number two China, the United States […]

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2012 Index: round up

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Coverage online Huffington Post: George Ingram – Aid Transparency: Will Obama and Romney Walk the Walk? Devex: Some progress but aid still not transparent Wall Street Journal: Study Says Development Aid Remains Opaque Despite Progress Guardian: World aid data: every country ranked for transparency Reuters: EU states lagging in aid transparency – watchdog Also carried […]

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The Busan common standard

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Background In early 2012, the OECD DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics (WP-STAT) and the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) developed a framework for the common standard for publishing aid information. This framework built upon the commitments donors made at the 4th High Level Forum on  Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) in Busan and was finally agreed by all participants in June 2012. The approach […]

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U.S. Aid Transparency Report Card 2012

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Publish What You Fund and ONE warmly welcomed Secretary Clinton’s announcement in late 2011 that the U.S. was joining the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). Such a commitment added immensely to the Administration’s drive for more open and detailed information about its foreign assistance, particularly on two crucial elements: timeliness and international comparability. But as […]