Jonathan Glennie writes today on the Guardian Poverty Matters Blog that there needs to be an international agreement on basic principles to govern all major forms of development finance in his article ‘Busan conference offers chance to tackle aid effectiveness’. However he argues that “The risk of expanding the mandate to all flows is that […]
Today the Netherlands became the fifth donor to publish its aid information to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) registry and deliver on its commitments for phase 1 of the IATI standard. They follow the UK, Hewlett Foundation, World Bank and Australia as the latest signatory to publish information. Preliminary analysis of the data suggests that the […]
The ActionAid report ‘Real Aid 3’ was released last week. The report shows how much ‘real aid’ is given by donors. ‘Real aid’ is defined as aid which empowers poor women and men to realise their rights, and reduces inequality. It must also be ‘transparent from beginning to end’. The report states that aid transparency […]
The Chinese government publishes less data about its overseas aid spending than western donors, but more than is commonly thought, according to a new report from the campaign group, Publish What You Fund and the Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellenbosch university. Transparency of Chinese Aid, launched today with a debate at Chatham House in […]
On September 8th the European Commission released its Communication on Aid Effectiveness. The Communication is a proposal for the EU common position on the aid effectiveness agenda for the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at Busan on November 29 – 1 December this year. The Communication proposes ‘transparent, harmonised and aligned partnerships’ be one […]
Publish What You Fund welcomes the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) Ranking Member Howard Berman (D-CA) and his staff on the proposed Global Partnerships Act of 2011. The Global Partnerships Act of 2011 is a discussion draft of a bill to replace the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, which serves as the foundation for […]
