Transparency of Chinese Aid
Transparency of Chinese Aid: An analysis of the published information on Chinese external financial flows.
FreeBalance White Paper: budget integration key part of aid transparency
A White Paper launched by FreeBalance in June emphasises that greater integration between donor and recipient budget systems is crucial to the success of aid transparency. The paper argues that the rationalisation needed to integrate different operational systems is not as complex and expensive as previously thought, and could be achieved relatively quickly and inexpensively […]
BetterAid calls for greater focus on civil society’s messages in HLF4 outcome document
BetterAid has submitted civil society views to the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness (WP-Eff) in response to the first draft of the Busan Outcome Document (BOD). The CSO platform notes that the document does reflect a number of key civil society concerns but does not adequately address the key challenges, findings and core messages demanded […]
World Bank launches new financial data website
The World Bank has increased access to its data by launching the World Bank Finances website; the newest addition to the Bank’s open data site. This is a welcome and very encouraging development in the wake of the World Bank’s first publication to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) in May. The website includes detailed […]
One third of global aid to be published to IATI before HLF-4
It has been announced that one third (33.05%) of all reported Official Development Assistance (ODA)* will be published to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) before the key HLF-4 meeting in Korea later this year. This was confirmed by the release from IATI of a further five implementation schedules last week. Donors who become signatories […]
DIPR become fourth organisation to publish IATI data
Big congratulations go to Development Initiatives Poverty Research (DIPR), who yesterday became the fourth organisation, and first NGO, to publish their data in an IATI compliant format. They have published very detailed data on the Hewlett Foundation funded aidinfo programme, and their implementation schedule includes dates for later publications of their data. Later this year […]