The latest session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), held in Budapest last week, contained some positive statements surrounding aid transparency. The session was a declaration between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the European Parliament (EP) on the Fourth High Level Forum (HLF4) on aid effectiveness in Busan this November. […]
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) has shown a commitment to aid transparency by launching a new tool on its website which allows users to view information on aid flows. The site shows statistics on Norwegian aid by country, sector, managing partner and time period. It organises this into visualisations, making it easy for […]
In a statement issued by the White House and Number 10 Downing Street today, President Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron set out their priorities for the U.S. – UK partnership for Global Development. They state the importance of aid transparency and note the significance of the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan at […]
An annual Accountability Report released ahead of the forthcoming G8 Summit in Deauville, France, states that “the G8 is on a renewed path of transparent follow-up of its commitments, and is obviously concerned with the quality of its aid and the outcomes of this aid.” (Deauville Accountability Report, p.2) The report hails the efforts the […]
The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency and The African Development Bank (AfDB) have put greater aid transparency as a key element of their priorities for the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Korea. In November 2010 representatives from across Africa met in Tunis to identify common African positions to take into the international policy […]
The AidWatch Report 2011, released May 19 highlights the importance of aid transparency and the striking variation amongst EU Member States’ progress towards aid transparency. There are good performers among emerging and traditional donors, and among large and small member states, which suggests that all aid agencies should be able to deliver on their aid […]
