(London) – A post written by James Deane, Head of Policy Development at the BBC World Service Trust. This article on the Communications Initiative Network is a reaction to the German Marshall Fund’s recent report and its potential outcomes.
We are impressed with the emergence of the initiatives and we will be delighted to find a common ground with what we do to impress on our Government way back in Nigeria to imbibe the principles of Aid Transparency.
Oh what a wonderful idea, they say information not shared means no information. Thanks.
(New York) – A post on New York University’s Aid Watch blog touches on aid and transparency issues, particularly in the USA.
(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.
(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.
