A survey sponsored by the International Consortium of Governmental Financial Management has reviewed the experiences of 35 national governments who are increasing the transparency of financial information to achieve more informed and efficient management of public sector resources.

While the report focuses on governments’ financial operations more generally, from a Publish What You Fund perspective this might have interesting implications for greater transparency in improving how donors deliver aid more effectively.

Paul Collier argues in this Monday’s Independent that there is currently a lack of information on the cost-effectiveness of aid, which is resulting in major challenges channelling aid in Haiti in ways that will have the best impact.

An interesting article in The Economist argues that we must confront ‘The Data Deluge’ head-on. 

Publish What You Fund welcomes yesterday’s opening remarks from U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar: