-CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY- As an advocacy organisation campaigning for aid transparency, constructive engagement with donors is an important part of our work. But another vital area has been measuring the state of aid transparency, how different donors are responding to these challenges and whether they are living up to their commitments. This is why we […]
Publish What You Fund and ONE warmly welcomed Secretary Clinton’s announcement in late 2011 that the U.S. was joining the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). Such a commitment added immensely to the Administration’s drive for more open and detailed information about its foreign assistance, particularly on two crucial elements: timeliness and international comparability. But as […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – American foreign assistance is on a slow path to becoming transparent, but most aid information is still not published. Publish What You Fund’s 2012 Aid Transparency ranks 72 global aid organisations, from traditional multilateral and bilateral donors, to climate finance and development finance institutions. It specifically examines five U.S. agencies – USAID, […]
LONDON – Global development flows are on a slow path to transparency, but most aid information is still not published. Publish What You Fund’s 2012 Aid Transparency Index, released today, finds donor transparency is on the rise but continues to fall short of best practice. This is particularly disappointing at a time when transparency is […]
The results of the global 2012 Aid Transparency Index will be presented in Washington, D.C., at an event hosted by Publish What You Fund and ONE. Where: OpenGovHub (Organization of American States building) Ruben Dario room 1889 F St NW Washington, D.C. map When: Monday, October 1st, 3-5 p.m. Following the results presentation, there […]
In a letter to Publish What You Fund, the new World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, reaffirmed the Bank’s commitment to the openness agenda and praised the campaign for their continued promotion of the issue. Jim Yong Kim said: “The World Bank sees openness and transparency as key to delivering better development results and strengthening accountability…we appreciate your […]
