Data can inform public policy
An interesting article in The Economist argues that we must confront ‘The Data Deluge’ head-on.
Aid transparency in the Clinton Hearings
Publish What You Fund welcomes yesterday’s opening remarks from U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar:
Aid Transparency Questions for Clinton
Today Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, testifies in front of the Senate, and tomorrow in front of the House. Stating the plans for the Foreign Affairs Budget in 2011 (FY11) she will outline how much money will be spent and where it will be allocated. At the request of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network, Publish What You Fund has submitted the questions below to be asked of Clinton. If these issues are addressed in the hearing we hope that it will be informative and allow us to anticipate greater aid effectiveness and transparency measures from the U.S.
‘A Guide to Donors’: A great resource
An incredible resource for aid information – ‘A Guide to Donors’ has been compiled by the snappily-named Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Capacity Building Programme (in which Debt Relief International are a key player). The Guide provides a very welcome set of 48 comparable and comprehensive ‘donor profiles’. A great tool for transparency of donors, as well an excellent guide for everyone who might possibly be confused about how GTZ relates to KFW and BMZ (see Germany profile), or CDF, from your PRS and PRSC, the DSA from the CPIA (see World Bank prof
Transparency a precondition for alignment in Haitian reconstruction plans
An interesting article, ‘Five Smart Ways to Rebuild Haiti’, in The Christian Science Monitor by Maguire and Muggah argues that empowerment of Haitian government and institutions is vital in the process of reconstruction.
ODI briefing paper: Aid Effectiveness Through the Recipient Lens
Here is a great Overseas Development Institute briefing paper on ‘Aid Effectiveness through the recipient lens’ published in November 2009 which we missed the first time round (apologies). It argues that the impact of aid depends upon ‘procedures going beyond Paris and Accra’.