The Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) website is now live, and will be officially launched at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Annual Meeting in Brasilia net month. GIFT is an international, multi-stakeholder network aiming to “advance and institutionalize global norms and significant, continuous improvements on fiscal transparency, engagement, and accountability in countries around the […]
On March 22, Transparency International-USA honoured Secretary Clinton with the prestigious TI-USA Integrity Award which recognises transparency and integrity efforts around the globe. In Secretary Clinton’s tenure at the State Department, she has become a champion for transparency by making corruption a focal point of U.S. foreign policy — shedding light on the damaging effects […]
AidData, in partnership with The Strauss Center’s Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program, has released the pilot version of its dynamic mapping tool. The online portal allows people to visualise African climate change, conflict, and now Malawian aid information side by side. “The complex pathways from climate change to security impacts have demanded […]
The UN Development Cooperation Forum has announced a Special Policy Dialogue to discuss philanthropic aid in the lead up to July’s Development Cooperation Forum. Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Fellow Dr Noshua Watson addressed the UN Special Dialogue this week, advocating for greater participation from philanthropic organisations in existing aid transparency initiatives. Speaking before the […]
Yesterday Owen Barder, Director for Europe at the Center for Global Development, expressed concern regarding the openness of the Google-World Bank mapping project, pointing out that data used to create the maps should be available for anyone to access and use. Last month in the New York Times, Caroline Anstey, Managing Director at the World Bank, […]
Congratulations to UNICEF, who announced last week that they will become the 29th donor signatory to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). They will be the fifth UN agency to become a signatory to IATI, joining UNDP, UNOPS, UN-HABITAT and UNCDF. Executive Director Anthony Lake made the announcement during the opening remarks of the First […]
