A great blog from AidData explains how geocoding information on aid can illuminate where donor duplication is happening. With a geographical view of resource allocation, it is possible to increase donor harmonisation, which can in turn make activities increasingly cost-effective.

To illustrate its value, Alena Stern and Josh Powell, research assistants at AidData, map the activities of the World Bank and African Development Bank in Kenya and Mozambique.

Interaction have just launched ‘Haiti Aid Map’, a prototype website developed by InterAction which maps 1045 relief and development projects operated by a total of 47 organizations in Haiti. It allows users to visualise NGO activities happening on the ground in near real time. The data can be filtered by commune, "cluster" (the issue area a program focuses on), or the organization operating the project.

AidInfo recently released a paper ‘Technical Innovation: The Opportunities for Increasing Transparency and Accessibility of Aid Data’, which considers the changing relationship between aid institutions and citizens.

Today, April 23rd, sees the launch of a new online portal from the UN, The Haiti Reconstruction Platform, which will notably increase the transparency of aid spending in Haiti.