(Doha, Qatar) – Today, the fourth Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) global conference ended. EITI aims to reduce secrecy in the sector, and has signed up 26 countries in just two years.

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(USA) – Recovery.gov today launches as the means of tracking spending on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Publish What You Fund welcomes this move as the domestic version of what we’re asking for internationally, on transparency of aid.

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(USA) – The German Marhsall Fund’s Transatlantic Taskforce on Development consists of 24 members from the USA, Canada and Europe. In their report’s section on "Building Mutual Accountability," (p57-59) they point to the work of Publish What You Fund, as well as the International Aid Transparency Initiative and the Accra Agenda for Action. Their key recommendation is that "Donors need to deliver on promises to increase their own transparency and predictability," but the recommendations should really be read in full.

(USA) – A conference at NYU debated the issues surrounding aid transparency, accountability and evaluation, including the Director of Publish What You Fund, Karin Christiansen. You can see her presentation here.

William Easterly argued inadequate transparency, feedback and accountability mechanisms are undermining aid effectiveness.

(UK) – The draft Power of Information Taskforce Report has been published for members of the community to comment on before it is formally handed in to the government. Among their recommendations, they argue that the public sector should release information more proactively and freely for the use of third sector organisations.

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(USA) – This briefing note from September 2007 discusses an EC-funded attempt to get more information about Official Development Assistance in Mozambique. The system has had some success but the timely submission of reports by some countries has been problematic.

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