Today, we are launching Metrics Matter III: Counting Local, the third instalment in our Metrics Matter research series tracking direct funding to local organisations. Our findings reveal that despite strong rhetoric, donor funding practices have yet to meaningfully reflect the localisation agenda.
USAID (United States Agency for International Development) started publishing data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) in 2013. You can find information about USAID’s programs using a range of sources, featured on this page.
Join us on 28 May as we bring together voices from local groups, INGOs, think tanks and funders to explore the current state of locally led development, the old and new barriers to change, and what needs to happen for local actors to have the power, resources and recognition they deserve. We’ll discuss if this is the time to rethink how we approach localisation.
Our regular roundup of news on aid and development transparency – featuring News on our upcoming event discussing the local funding provided by major donors, our research papers on the transparency of climate funds and the additionality of development finance institutions, plus a range of blogs on the need to expand transparency beyond ODA, Financing for Development 4, protecting US transparency and a new chair for Friends of Publish What You Fund.
As more public finance is channelled to the private sector in the name of development, we need to know: are these investments genuinely adding value, or are they just substituting what the market could do on its own? This is where additionality comes in: the idea that ODA should only be used when it delivers something that private capital cannot.
Our latest research explores how well donors and their bilateral DFIs are disclosing the additionality of their private sector instrument (PSI) investments using the new OECD-DAC reporting requirements.
Tessie San Martin has been appointed as the new Chair of Friends of Publish What You Fund, taking over from George Ingram who has chaired the organisation for a decade. We would like to thank George for his years of service and valuable contributions to Friends, to Publish What You Fund, and to the development community. We look forward to working with
Tessie, CEO of FHI 360, who will bring great experience and leadership.
