The Communities and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, has called on councils to provide financial transparency by publishing spending information over £500 online by January 2011. Some councils are already providing details of their expenditure here.
Eurodad released a new report “Conditionality in World Bank crisis-lending to Ghana” on July 29th which finds that conditions for receiving loans are increasingly “being pushed through the side door” instead of being outlined in the loan agreements, keeping Low Income Countries under the influence of the Bank.
Seven CSOs yesterday, 10th August, urged Ambassadors Staur and Badji to ensure that transparency of information is well integrated in the final Outcome Document which will mark an important step towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has just stated UNDP’s commitment to making the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) a success.
Augustine Ngafuan, Finance Minister of Liberia has put in place measures to ensure transparency in all sectors of the Liberian society. This will require ministries and agencies that receive donor assistance outside the budget to make regular reports, and disclose copies of agreements between Government entities and donors to the Ministers of Finance and Planning within seven days.
