Consultations on the revised framework for Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) ended last Friday. For those unfamiliar with PEFA, it’s a performance measurement framework for public financial management. It assesses whether a country has the tools to deliver three main budgetary outcomes: aggregate fiscal discipline; strategic resource allocation; and efficient use of resources for […]
Publish What You Fund worked with 47 civil society organisations which also promote budget and aid transparency, to respond to a consultation on the draft revised Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Framework. Read the full submission.
Guest post by Ben Taylor, Twaweza “We will require organisations receiving and managing funds from DFID to release open data on how this money is spent in a common, standard, reusable format. They will need to require this of sub-contractors and sub-agencies – right through the aid chain.” That was Justine Greening, UK Secretary of State for […]
Achieving a data revolution in sustainable development: open data for development We welcome the appointment of the Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on the Data Revolution. We believe that open, timely and comparable data is needed to unlock the power of information to drive positive outcomes for sustainable development. Definition of a data revolution A data […]
A few weeks ago, in the midst of all the Aid Transparency Index excitement, I participated in an event hosted by the Web Foundation’s Open Data Research Network, intended to dig deeper into the opportunities and challenges presented by the open data revolution. With presentations from myself, Jason Maglaughlin of CIVICUS, and Cecillia Makonyola of Restless Development, […]
Last week, I attended the launch of Publish What You Fund’s 2014 Aid Transparency Index (ATI) at the Center for Global Development here in Washington, DC. During the event, one thing became clear to me: aid agencies around the world are hearing the drumbeat of the global aid transparency movement—and they’re beginning to respond. While a […]
