The working paper ‘Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Low-Income Countries’ published in March by the International Monetary Fund constructs a new index that allows for benchmarking against the performance of middle-income countries, across regions, and according to different institutional arrangements that deliver good fiscal performance .
The first ever UK Aid Information Challenge took place last Saturday, 10th April in London at the Guardian newspaper. The aim was to see what would happen when aid data, aid practitioners, and some incredibly clever techies are brought together. Despite the sunshine outside, over 40 people joined us for 7 hours of enthusiastic "barcamping".
Last night, 13th April, saw the launch of ONE’s Vote 2010 Campaign which aims to ‘ensure development priorities are adequately reflected in Government policies from climate change to agriculture to trade.’ The Publish What You Fund Principles are included in the ONE manifesto for International Development, which requests that an incoming government ‘continue t
An environment of financial transparency and accountability has grown out of the economic crisis, says Anna Jeffreys for IRIN. This movement has helped increase disclosure of aid information, bringing ‘the issue of transparency much higher up the donor agenda,’ explains Karin Christiansen. The drive for efficiency and accountability has created ‘a resonance about transparency these days… It is an inevitable trend and it’s happening in other sectors too.’
The Labour Party’s election manifesto was launched yesterday, and the Conservatives’ today. Find below the sections of the manifestos which address aid transparency, with bolding added.
