Transparency: What’s next for US data?
Dr Tessie San Martin, CEO of Plan International USA, outlines what the U.S. must do next for aid transparency.
An assessment of U.S aid transparency – two reports launched today
Two reports are launched today in Washington DC at an event organised by the Board of Friends of Publish What You Fund and Oxfam America. The reports outline the gains made to date on aid transparency in the U.S. and provide recommendations to the next Administration on how to maintain and indeed improve progress. Featuring data […]
Korean Government’s Disclosure of ODA Information is Disappointing at Best
This is the official statement from the Korea Civil Society Forum on International Development Cooperation (KOFID) in reaction to the Government of Korea’s first publication to IATI. It was originally published in Korean on KOFID’s website on 12th August 2016. Korean Government’s Disclosure of ODA Information is Disappointing at Best Far behind to uphold the principles […]
Follow the Money: Using Open Data to Track SDG Funding and Results
This event is organised by the Governments of Bangladesh, Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom in collaboration with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), Publish What You Fund, Transparency International and UNDP. When: Monday, 18th July 07:45 – 9.00 EDT. Light breakfast served starting at 7:30 am. Where: United Nations Secretariat, Conference Building, Conference Room B (first basement), […]
Open results information: What do we know?
The findings of the 2016 Aid Transparency Index reveal that, yet again, very little progress has been made by organisations in the publication of results – especially when it comes to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). Results are crucial. They allow for the impact of aid to be measured, outcomes evaluated, and best practices to […]
Where is transparency in the hype cycle?
Development fashions go through predictable stages. At first, breathless blog posts proclaim the idea: budget support, microfinance, laptops. Soon, governments and funders are jumping over themselves to adopt the idea while wise commentators note that it is not the answer to everything. In stage three, the idea falters and the proponents bleat “but we never […]