The UN news agency IRIN ran an article focusing on Publish What You Fund. Karin Christiansen, the Director, noted that Ugandan officials reported only knowing about half the aid projects underway in their country in 2006: the fear of acknowledging failure prevents donors from being more transparent. However, Christiansen suggests there is strong cause for optimism with signs of a shift of culture in the sector.
Bringing together the voices of Ugandan Officials and DFID representatives, this short article emphasizes how Publish What You Fund marks a widespread recognition that aid flows must be proactively published in order to support increased transparency and empower those in recipient countries.
Deane´s appraisal of the Accra summit on aid effectiveness describes the open debate as the “big-tent approach”. The BBC correspondent said that for him the biggest take-away was that information lies at the heart of the new development agenda.
This piece presents how the Publish What You Fund Principles with their emphasis on proactive access to information relate to concrete examples of aid effectiveness.
This article discusses the outcomes of the Accra Forum on Aid Effectiveness. A last-minute addition to the Accra Agenda for Action recognised the role of Civil Society Organisations as third party monitors and active participants in the dialogue. Publish What You Fund was launched in the eve of the Forum, a fact that he notes with optimism. Kaufmann considers what the Forum achieved (and where it failed), and the way forward for aid effectiveness initiatives.
A review and breakdown of the major issues that arose in the summit on aid effectiveness in Accra this September. Eurodad highlights strengthening of transparency measures and commitments to anti-corruption measures as major issues.
