Guest post by Kersti Wissenbach, Open Knowledge Foundation – originally posted here. We are moving beyond the hype of “open development”. At OKCON and online, questions about what “open development” is, how it affects change and what ethical issues arise when talking about open in development have continued to come up. At the Open Development Camp (ODC13), the […]
Today the U.S.-based Foundation Center became the 200th publisher to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). The Foundation Center, the leading source of information on philanthropy worldwide, has become the 200th organisation to publish data to the IATI standard. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database of US, and increasingly global, grant-makers and their grants. […]
Transparency International’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index ranking 177 countries/territories – including all EU member states – offers a warning that the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery continue to ravage societies around the world. In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2013, Denmark and New Zealand tie for first place with scores of 91. Afghanistan, North […]
Tonight on BBC Panorama, the Global Fund – one of the biggest providers of international aid to fight malaria, AIDs and tuberculosis – faces serious questions about its spending. A leaked report shows alleged corruption – involving tens of thousands of dollars – was discovered by investigators working for the Fund. But according to the BBC, the report […]
December 1st is World AIDS Day, and many international organisations will be using this opportunity to talk about the successes and failures in the fight against this global disease. In the 2013 Aid Transparency Index, we look at two donors who specifically fund AIDS-related programmes – and it’s a mixed picture in terms of transparency. Find […]
In the aftermath of the devastating Typhoon Yolanda on 8th November, there have been calls to ensure that aid is effectively coordinated, learning lessons from the way humanitarian relief and reconstruction efforts were delivered following the Haiti earthquake and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Donors are already publishing large amounts of information about their traditional […]
