The World Bank today launched the Open Knowledge Repository (OKR), an open-access storehouse for its research and knowledge products. The OKR will collect, disseminate and permanently preserve World Bank research online. The website, along with the new Open Access Policy (effective from July), will increase the range of people who can now access World Bank […]
European CSOs yesterday expressed dismay at new OECD data revealing the cuts made to almost all European countries’ aid programmes in 2011. Tightening aid budgets mean that now more than ever transparency is needed to ensure aid money has the greatest possible impact. 12 EU countries slashed their aid budgets in 2011 – with the […]
Civil society groups, coordinated by BetterAid, have released their analysis of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. Transparency featured in the analysis as a ‘winner’ from the forum, but with challenges remaining. Read full text here, and the transparency section below. [From Section:] Key Ask 1: Fully evaluate and deepen Paris and Accra commitments […]
Irish Minister of State for Trade and Development Joe Costello has this week stressed the importance of maintaining the quality of Irish aid, in light of recent cuts to the aid budget. Publish What You Fund Managing Director Karin Christiansen took part in a discussion this week with the Minister and the economist Moore McDowell […]
A report released today by the Lords’ Select Committee on Economic Affairs called on the Government to scrap its 0.7% target for aid and to focus on value for money and reducing corruption. However, the report fails to scrutinise available aid information in its evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of the UK’s development aid. […]
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), the organisation responsible for the scrutiny of UK aid, today published reports on Aid to Afghanistan and engagement with World Bank, including areas for improvement in transparency. Its evaluation of the UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) Programme Controls and Assurance in Afghanistan shows that reporting of financial […]
