Development Finance institutions Archives

If DFIs are truly committed to openness and accountability they should publish all environmental and social documentation

By Ryan Anderton | Jan 20, 2022 | Blog

This blog examines the importance of ESG and accountability to communities – the third component of our DFI Transparency Tool. It reviews how the rights-based approach for access to information has affected the ESG disclosure of development finance institutions. It welcomes the shift towards presumption of disclosure from DFIs, and discusses why a commitment to pro-active disclosure of all ESG information is needed for openness and accountability to the public and project-affected communities.

The illusory promise (and real potential) of new DFI impact management tools

By Paul James | Jan 11, 2022 | Blog

Looking at the second component of our DFI Transparency Tool, this blog argues that the “development scores” produced by new DFI impact management systems are of limited value. DFIs should instead focus on disclosing the granular impact data that informs these scores.

What is core information and why is it fundamental to the transparency of development finance institutions?

By Paul James | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog

This blog introduces the first of the components of our DFI Transparency Tool, core information. It expands on the theme of uneven progress in improving transparency, and reflects on why and how we initially focused our research on the basic information that provides the foundations for true transparency.

The demand for change: reflections on two years of investigating the transparency of development finance institutions

By Paul James | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog

In this blog, Paul James discusses our experience of researching DFI transparency for the last two years, looking both at how the industry has changed for the better in recent years and the amount of work that still needs to be done.

Vacancy: Research Assistant – DFI Transparency Initiative

By Ryan Anderton | Dec 2, 2021 | News

Publish What You Fund is looking for a detail-oriented, numerate Research Assistant to support our work on development finance institution (DFI) transparency. Salary: £27,000 – 30,000 depending on experience. Fixed term contract (12 months)

Greater transparency for development finance institutions

By George Ingram | Nov 23, 2021 | Blog

Following the launch of our DFI Transparency Tool, George Ingram of Brookings Institution reflects on what we learned from the event and why transparency—the public availability of timely, comparable, and comprehensive information—on development finance could be on the cusp of a march forward.

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