A bill that extensively reforms and modernizes the decades-old U.S. foreign assistance system was introduced by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) yesterday. The Global Partnerships Act of 2012 is the major rewrite of the Foreign Assistance Act originally passed in 1961 during Pres. John F. Kennedy’s term. The GPA seeks to modernize foreign aid efforts by […]
This week has seen the publication of two very critical reports on UK aid. A report by the campaign group War on Want says Britain’s aid budget for Africa is increasingly being channelled through public-private investment funds based in the offshore tax haven of Mauritius. The report says the Department for International Development (DFID) has sponsored a network of offshore investment funds and […]
Last week, development ministers from the OECD and emerging economies met in London for the High Level Meeting of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Despite development successes over the past 20 years and the progress of many emerging economies, the ministers present noted that inequality is increasing in all countries and 1.4 billion people still […]
Last night, UK Secretary of State for Development Justine Greening launched the UK Aid Transparency Challenge, calling on international donors to do more to make their aid delivery more transparent. Speaking at a Publish What You Fund, BOND and UK Aid Network event in London, Greening also announced the Aid Transparency Challenge Fund, which will encourage the development of tools to improve traceability of aid and […]
LONDON – While most UK aid is becoming more transparent, the activities of some UK Government departments delivering foreign assistance remains unclear, according to the UK Aid Transparency Report Card published today. Produced by Publish What You Fund and UKAN, the report comes one year after the Government threw its weight behind aid transparency at […]
Read the whole UK Aid Transparency Report Card here. UK aid transparency The UK plays a vital role in championing aid transparency internationally, and was among the donors that established the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) in 2008 to provide a global standard for publishing aid information. In 2011, the UK’s active support of aid […]
