The UN Secretary-General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group’s report, ‘A World That Counts’ was presented yesterday. We welcome this much anticipated publication, which builds on the momentum generated by the 2013 report that called for a “data revolution”. We have been closely following the work of the expert group, including making a submission on the draft […]
Publish What You Fund worked with 47 civil society organisations which also promote budget and aid transparency, to respond to a consultation on the draft revised Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Framework. Read the full submission.
Achieving a data revolution in sustainable development: open data for development We welcome the appointment of the Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on the Data Revolution. We believe that open, timely and comparable data is needed to unlock the power of information to drive positive outcomes for sustainable development. Definition of a data revolution A data […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) published the first set of data on its development operations to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). This first report includes all contracts that were signed in 2014 in countries outside the EU (except EFTA countries). From now on, it will report data on a monthly basis, i.e. the IATI files will […]
On September 18-19, USAID’s Frontiers in Development Forum will engage a dynamic community of global thought leaders and development practitioners to address the question: How will we eradicate extreme poverty by 2030? The event will bring together some of the brightest minds and boldest leaders on ending extreme poverty, and lay the groundwork for a broad coalition of […]
Campaigners are urging the UK Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to help halt a dangerous slide towards secrecy at a giant bank of which the UK is an owner. The already secretive European Investment Bank is proposing to make it far harder for European citizens to find out what it is up […]
