The US is to publish an ‘accountability report’ detailing how the $22bn aid funds pledged by the G8 at L’Aquila has been raised and how much has been spent. According to the Guardian, White House officials disclosed the intention to publish the report ahead of President Obama’s speech today to mark the start of G8 […]
Publish What You Fund welcomes the United Nations Office for Project Services’ (UNOPS) decision to publish fully geocoded information about its activities in the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) format. By releasing this information, in a comparable format, over 1,000 projects will be available to all stakeholders looking for geographical and technical information about UNOPS’ […]
This paper maps the broad landscape of funding to enable adaptation and mitigation of climate change, and the systems for monitoring it. These include systems which label the money as ‘aid’ as well as those that have been developed to assess climate finance specifically. This paper seeks to provide a background and framework on transparency and reporting […]
The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) conference on Financing for Climate Change and Development Effectiveness opens today in Honduras. The first of its kind in the region, the event aims to ensuring greater efficiency and better use of foreign aid for climate change. It will include representatives from ministries of finance, environment and development from […]
For further background research and reading, please see our Annotated Bibliography on Aid Transparency, stating the case for aid transparency. Prepared by Rachel Rank, Feb 2013
