On Tuesday, I participated in a live debate hosted by Google and the Guardian on data censorship, foreign aid and international development. The event was plugged as looking at the role data has to play in policy making and transparency around international development and foreign aid, including an opportunity to explore some datasets and “bring […]
Last night a live debate was hosted by the Guardian and Google on data censorship, foreign aid and international development. Moderated by Data Store editor Simon Rogers, the panel included: Douglas Alexander, Labour MP Rachel Rank, Publish What You Fund Salil Tripathi, Director of policy at the Institute for Human Rights and Business Ian Goldin, Director of […]
The United States has a long way to go in improving policies that support shared global prosperity, according to a Center for Global Development (CGD) index released a week before the US presidential debate on foreign policy. Still the world’s largest economy, with GDP more than twice that of number two China, the United States […]
Coverage online Huffington Post: George Ingram – Aid Transparency: Will Obama and Romney Walk the Walk? Devex: Some progress but aid still not transparent Wall Street Journal: Study Says Development Aid Remains Opaque Despite Progress Guardian: World aid data: every country ranked for transparency Reuters: EU states lagging in aid transparency – watchdog Also carried […]
Background In early 2012, the OECD DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics (WP-STAT) and the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) developed a framework for the common standard for publishing aid information. This framework built upon the commitments donors made at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) in Busan and was finally agreed by all participants in June 2012. The approach […]
Last week we launched our 2012 Aid Transparency Index in Washington, D.C. at the brand new Open Gov Hub. Having been nearly a year since Secretary Clinton announced the U.S. would join the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), we wanted to host a discussion reflecting on U.S. progress and its impact on the global policy […]
