WASHINGTON, D.C. – American foreign assistance is on a slow path to becoming transparent, but most aid information is still not published. Publish What You Fund’s 2012 Aid Transparency ranks 72 global aid organisations, from traditional multilateral and bilateral donors, to climate finance and development finance institutions. It specifically examines five U.S. agencies – USAID, […]
LONDON – Global development flows are on a slow path to transparency, but most aid information is still not published. Publish What You Fund’s 2012 Aid Transparency Index, released today, finds donor transparency is on the rise but continues to fall short of best practice. This is particularly disappointing at a time when transparency is […]
The results of the global 2012 Aid Transparency Index will be presented in Washington, D.C., at an event hosted by Publish What You Fund and ONE. Where: OpenGovHub (Organization of American States building) Ruben Dario room 1889 F St NW Washington, D.C. map When: Monday, October 1st, 3-5 p.m. Following the results presentation, there […]
Publish What You Fund congratulates the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for passing the Foreign Assistance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 (S. 3310) yesterday. This is a welcome bipartisan step to institutionalize progress made on aid transparency by the United States particularly around the Foreign Assistance Dashboard. The Foreign Assistance Dashboard has […]
A report released today by the National Audit Office welcomed steps taken by the Department for International Development (DFID) to improve transparency over aid distributed via multilateral organisations. Commenting on the report, Publish What You Fund Director David Hall-Matthews said: ‘We agree that DFID is making great steps to improve the transparency of its aid […]
In a letter to Publish What You Fund, the new World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, reaffirmed the Bank’s commitment to the openness agenda and praised the campaign for their continued promotion of the issue. Jim Yong Kim said: “The World Bank sees openness and transparency as key to delivering better development results and strengthening accountability…we appreciate your […]
