Publish What You Fund’s 2016 Aid Transparency Index reported on the results by major donors to meet the commitments made in Busan in 2011, where donors promised to open up their aid information by December 2015. With this deadline now passed, our intention is to raise the bar on aid transparency, beginning with a consultative […]
This week, global leaders and major development cooperation stakeholders gathered in Nairobi for the second high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, hosted by the government of Kenya. Before new commitments are made, how have major donors fared on their transparency commitments and what are the implications for a country like Kenya?
“A few million dollars is just a drop in the ocean,” said Muchiri Nyaggah, Executive Director of Kenyan think-tank Local Development Research Institute (LDRI), “but if you know exactly where and how it is needed then you can really achieve something.” Muchiri and I were discussing how access to structured sub-national location data can improve […]
This is a guest blog post by George Ingram, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Chair of the Friends of Publish What You Fund. The original blog was posted on the Brookings site on November 17th. America has just come through a grueling, divisive election. While President-elect Trump has articulated views on various domestic […]
Your chance to provide feedback on the methodology of the Aid Transparency Index Since October 2016, Publish What You Fund has been working with peer reviewers and a selected number of experts and independent partners across the globe to design an updated proposal for the methodology of the Aid Transparency Index. We want this to […]
This guest blog was written by Okeke Celestine, Leader Partner of the MSME Advocacy and Support Initiative in Nigeria. Agricultural investments in Nigeria are critical to transition our agricultural sector from largely subsistence small holder farming to commercial agriculture enterprises. The sort needed to stimulate local economies and enable Nigeria to reduce its food import […]
