Watch now: Launch of the 2024 Aid Transparency Index
Catch up on the launch of the 2024 Aid Transparency Index, which took place on Tuesday 16 July. The event was hosted by Brookings Center for Sustainable Development in Washington DC.
Aid more transparent than ever before
The 2024 Aid Transparency Index has recorded its highest ever scores – marking a continued improvement in aid transparency among the world’s major aid and development agencies. The Index found advancements in the quality, quantity and timeliness of aid data. The average score across all 50 organisations in 2024 was the highest seen so far at 64.4 (compared with 61.8 in 2022). More organisations achieved scores in the top ‘very good’ category (12) and fewer organisations than ever before were in the bottom ‘very poor’ category (2).
Aid transparency is back on track in the UK
The UK has returned to the top ten most transparent aid and development donors, according to the 2024 Aid Transparency Index. It reveals that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) now ranks in the “very good” category after a big drop in the last Index. It scored 82.9 points out of 100, up an impressive 11 points from 2022.
International Aid Transparency Initiative: Development assistance data at your fingertips
Ahead of tomorrow’s launch of the 2024 Aid Transparency Index, George Ingram, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution has been investigating exactly what you can find out with International Aid Transparency Initiative data.
USAID’s measurement approach is undermining its progress on localization and its goal to diversify its local partner base
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has made a bold
commitment to the localization agenda: it has set a target that 25% of its funding will go directly to local partners by 2025. However, our new analysis shows that how USAID defines and measures localization is actually undermining its progress and at odds with its aim to increase the diversity of local partners and amplify under-represented voices. It is allowing perverse incentives – such as affiliates of international organizations to be counted as local – and leaving significant funding opportunities – such as projectized funding that currently goes to UN agencies and multilaterals – untapped for local partners.
News roundup –USAID’s progress on local funding, launch of the Aid Transparency Index and DFI climate finance
Our regular roundup of news on aid and development transparency – featuring details of the launch of this year’s Aid Transparency Index. Plus, we have details of new research examining USAID’s progress on its local funding goal, an examination of what development finance institutions reveal about their climate finance, an exciting opportunity to join our team, a chance to feed in to the methodology review for our DFI Transparency Index, and a look at the International Development Association’s Private Sector Window.