More aid data needed to inform increase
Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development announced yesterday, 18th July, that UK spending on Afghanistan aid projects will increase by 40%.
Ingram: Obama needs to lead on aid reform
George Ingram, Co-Chairman of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network today writes for the Huffington Post, calling for U.S. President Obama to lead on aid reform in his article ‘Aid Reform Within Reach: Time for the President to Lead’.
IT reform needed for effective government spending
Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, wrote on 28th June that IT improvement was needed to increase spending efficiency and service quality in government.
Aid transparency and accountability a priority in Haiti
Bill Clinton and Jean-Max Bellerive give an account of Haiti’s reconstruction to date in the Foreign Policy magazine.
Technical Innovation: The Opportunities for Increasing Transparency and Accessibility of Aid Data
AidInfo recently released a paper ‘Technical Innovation: The Opportunities for Increasing Transparency and Accessibility of Aid Data’, which considers the changing relationship between aid institutions and citizens.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization opens up data
As of today, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is granting free and open access to its database, FAOSTAT , which is the world’s largest repository of data on food, agriculture, and hunger.