The UK Government announced it will release new data about public services – including where British aid money is spent – on the official data website data.gov.uk. Commenting on the Department for International Development (DfID) aid data, Publish What You Fund’s David Hall-Matthews, said: “DfID continues to take a lead on aid transparency – not only in […]
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has for the first time published foreign assistance obligation and expenditure data on its Foreign Assistance Dashboard. The Dashboard serves as a tool for users to understand the impact of U.S. foreign assistance funding by country, sector, initiative, and agency. The site has become the U.S. Government’s main tool […]
The AidWatch 2012 Report and ONE Data Report were launched together today in London, detailing concerns about the quantity and quality of aid being spent by the European Union. Commenting on the reports, Publish What You Fund’s David Hall-Matthews said: “It is disappointing that both of these reports found European aid levels have reached a historic […]
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned the Canadian government that recent changes to foreign aid are actually confusing — and in some cases hurting — development efforts in the world’s poorest countries. The warning is contained in a major report released yesterday that cited a lack of transparency, $377 million in […]
The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network has launched a Twitter contest to help spread the word about the importance of transparency in foreign assistance. MFAN want you to tweet a short comment on why you think aid transparency is important. The best response will win USAID Administrator Raj Shah’s top five books on development. Here are the details: […]
Publish What You Fund today welcomed a new director, Dr David Hall-Matthews. Dr. Hall-Matthews comes from an academic background, having lectured in international development at the University of Leeds. He has also taught at LSE, SOAS and Oxford University and worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Administration of Relief in […]
