The results of the global 2012 Aid Transparency Index will be presented in Washington, D.C., at an event hosted by Publish What You Fund and ONE. Where: OpenGovHub (Organization of American States building) Ruben Dario room 1889 F St NW Washington, D.C. map When: Monday, October 1st, 3-5 p.m. Following the results presentation, there […]
Publish What You Fund congratulates the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for passing the Foreign Assistance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 (S. 3310) yesterday. This is a welcome bipartisan step to institutionalize progress made on aid transparency by the United States particularly around the Foreign Assistance Dashboard. The Foreign Assistance Dashboard has […]
A report released today by the National Audit Office welcomed steps taken by the Department for International Development (DFID) to improve transparency over aid distributed via multilateral organisations. Commenting on the report, Publish What You Fund Director David Hall-Matthews said: ‘We agree that DFID is making great steps to improve the transparency of its aid […]
In a letter to Publish What You Fund, the new World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, reaffirmed the Bank’s commitment to the openness agenda and praised the campaign for their continued promotion of the issue. Jim Yong Kim said: “The World Bank sees openness and transparency as key to delivering better development results and strengthening accountability…we appreciate your […]
Last weekend, Publish What You Fund and the Guardian hosted a ‘hack day’ as part of the Development Data Challenge. The event helped kick off hackdays around the world to interrogate – and explore the limits of – recently released aid and government spending data. Hacks and hackers, developers and development experts gathered at the Guardian offices […]
Including progress on aid transparency within Canada’s Open Government Partnership Action Plan
