On 23 November, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its aid information to its open data portal, and crucially, to the IATI Registry. UNDP publishing its data means that members of the public can now access aid information on its most recent fiscal period. The development will allow people to see where aid money […]
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced they will become a signatory of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) as part of the Bank’s efforts to improve transparency. This will make the IDB the 22nd donor signatory of IATI, which has seen agencies rapidly publishing to its international standard in advance of the High Level […]
Sweden have become the ninth donor agency to publish their aid information to the International Aid Transparency Initiative Registry, fulfilling their promise to do so before the fourth High Level Forum in Busan at the end of November 2011. Sweden is a strong supporter of aid transparency, having launched its own aid transparency guarantee under its Open Aid […]
The fifth draft of the Busan Outcome Document, released today, 23 November, shows a weakened commitment to aid transparency. The redrafting of the transparency section (22) is disappointing, as newer language has diluted and confused important elements. However, we recognise that this is a compromise. Having consulted widely on this today, there is consensus that […]
EU ministers yesterday agreed a common EU position for the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at the end of the month. Publish What You Fund welcomes the Foreign Affairs Council’s position advocating reaffirmation of Accra commitments on transparency from all development partners to publicly disclose regular, detailed and timely aid information. While we […]
The majority of international aid donors are not publishing enough information about the money they give, undermining the effectiveness of development spending and damaging public trust, according to a new report released today by Publish What You Fund. The report comes just 2 weeks before a key international meeting on aid effectiveness in Busan, Korea. […]
