The effectiveness of European Commission (EC) aid has improved considerably during the past ten years, according to the UK International Development Committee. In a report issued today, the Committee said EC aid can offer clear added value in international development cooperation because of its scale, geographic reach and its commitment to poverty eradication, good governance and human […]
Sweden, Canada, Spain, Tanzania and Denmark have committed to improving their aid transparency at the first international Open Government Partnership (OGP) conference. A review of 35 country action plans – covering countries from North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa – shows a wide range of different priorities which mirror the unique […]
European CSOs yesterday expressed dismay at new OECD data revealing the cuts made to almost all European countries’ aid programmes in 2011. Tightening aid budgets mean that now more than ever transparency is needed to ensure aid money has the greatest possible impact. 12 EU countries slashed their aid budgets in 2011 – with the […]
Irish Minister of State for Trade and Development Joe Costello has this week stressed the importance of maintaining the quality of Irish aid, in light of recent cuts to the aid budget. Publish What You Fund Managing Director Karin Christiansen took part in a discussion this week with the Minister and the economist Moore McDowell […]
Jörg Faust recently released a paper which shows that aid donor governments with higher levels of political transparency often allocate more aid according to recipients’ neediness and institutional performance. The report, ‘Donor transparency and aid allocation’ is an analysis of the impact of domestic political transparency (as measured by standard corruption indices) on donor countries’ […]
Aid donors make progress on transparency as key summit opens Aid donors have made significant progress on increasing the transparency of their spending ahead of a key summit on aid effectiveness taking place in Busan, South Korea said campaigners today. On the eve of the High Level Forum, Canada, the Inter-American Development Bank and the […]
