See where aid money is going
It’s Right to Know Day! To mark this day which raises awareness of the right of access to information, we have been working with DFID and Open Knowledge Foundation to produce a UK aid data visualisation.
Obama announces new U.S. Global Development Policy
In his Wednesday 22nd speech to the UN, President Obama announced a new U.S. Global Development Policy. The policy focuses on fostering economic growth and good governance, investment in innovation and research, placing emphasis on sustainable public sectors and the provision of basic services, and holding recipients of U.S. assistance accountable for achieving development results.
Obama and Berman on foreign aid reform
Yesterday, 23rd September, Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined President Obama in making foreign aid reform a priority in alleviation of poverty.
World Bank data more accessible
The World Bank yesterday, 22nd September, made another important step toward improved transparency by making their data more accessible and user friendly. Having opened their data to the public in April 2010, data.worldbank.org has been extensively evaluated, and as a result now benefits from many improvements and added features.
UK leadership on aid transparency at MDGs
On 20th September, the first day of the MDG Summit in New York, Andrew Mitchell, UK Minister for International Development showed his intention to lead the world on aid transparency.
Andrew Mitchell: ‘Monitoring how aid is spent is as important as the amount we give’
In an interview in the Independent on September 18th, Andrew Mitchell, UK Minister for International Development, stresses the importance of aid transparency ahead of the MDG Summit in New York.
Mitchell announced a UK-U.S. plan to ensure aid money delivers the best possible results. He went on to say that more results-based spending would convince a sceptical public of the value of aid.