Congratulations to Lebanon, who this week became the twentieth endorser of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). By endorsing IATI as a partner country, they have approved the IATI Accra Statement, hardening the commitment made in the Accra Agenda for Action that asks donors to provide regular, detailed and timely information on their aid. IATI […]
A report released yesterday by the Center for Global Development (CGD) has brought to light the United States’ lack of aid transparency in its activities in Pakistan. The report notes that despite widespread agreement from State Department and USAID leaders on the benefits of transparency, very little progress has been made: “Transparency has not been […]
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) released yesterday most of its country operational plans for the next four years. Following a comprehensive bilateral aid review earlier this year, the plans map out how aid will be delivered to each country DFID works in, and the monitoring and evaluation strategy up to 2015. Each plan […]
Last week was the OECD’s 50th anniversary and Brian Atwood, Chair of the DAC-OECD and former head of USAID, has discussed aid transparency in an interview with ONE. He points to how the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action have made greater aid transparency a central principle. Referring to the […]
The G8 Communiqué released from the meeting of country leaders in Deauville today places emphasis on the need for increased aid transparency. The necessity of accessible and usable information on aid is highlighted, and the High Level Forum at the end of the year has been set as a milestone for advancing the efforts of […]
The BetterAid CSO platform has urged the G8 nations to commit to full aid transparency at the Deauville summit this week. Aid transparency has been identified as a particular area of concern and the coalition of more than 1000 civil society organisations has stated the importance of sending “a strong political message to the Fourth High-Level […]
