Publish What You Fund wholly welcomes the introduction of machine-readable code lists by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Last year, our resident tecchie Andy Lulham blogged about creating his own maintained, machine-readable DAC-CRS code lists in partnership with Open Knowledge. It is excellent to see that the DAC has now committed to “providing the […]
The latest report from the Joined-Up Data Standards [JUDS] project explores where progress has been made, what challenges still remain, and how the new Collaborative on SDG Data Interoperability will play a critical role in moving forward the agenda for interoperability policy. There is an ever-growing need for a more holistic picture of development processes […]
Publish What You Fund gives a cautious welcome to agreement on foreign aid reform, but urges greater transparency so that aid can make a bigger difference The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) met this week in Paris to consider reforms to how foreign aid is defined and measured. The Chair of the DAC, Charlotte Petri-Gornitzka, […]
Publish What You Fund is excited to announce a new project that will interrogate open aid data – including that published to IATI – in order to assess the impact of potential changes to US foreign assistance. The project will combine a deep-dive into the data and research in partner countries. The findings will be […]
We are pleased to announce the donors that will be included in the 2018 Aid Transparency Index and the timeline for data collection. Data collection for the 2018 Index will start on 1st December 2017 and end on 9th March 2018. The final report will be launched in June 2018. The full, updated methodology, […]
If you took part in our recent Aid Transparency Index methodology review, you will know that one of the key issues we grappled with was how to measure the ‘visibility’ of a donor’s data. By visibility, we mean the amount of information a donor publishes to IATI compared to their whole portfolio of work. The […]
