The Second Draft of the Busan Outcome Document now cites the International Aid Transparency Initiative, and the importance of transparency is repeatedly stressed as a foundation for success across the aid effectiveness agenda. There is acknowledgement that commitments at Busan need to be time-bound, and the speed of implementation addressed – “accelerating efforts where they are […]
The campaign group Publish What You Fund today welcomed the launch of a new initiative to encourage governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and strengthen governance. The Open Government Partnership, which launches today in New York, is overseen by eight governments and nine civil society organizations. Forty-six governments have so far agreed to […]
Jonathan Glennie writes today on the Guardian Poverty Matters Blog that there needs to be an international agreement on basic principles to govern all major forms of development finance in his article ‘Busan conference offers chance to tackle aid effectiveness’. However he argues that “The risk of expanding the mandate to all flows is that […]
Today the Netherlands became the fifth donor to publish its aid information to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) registry and deliver on its commitments for phase 1 of the IATI standard. They follow the UK, Hewlett Foundation, World Bank and Australia as the latest signatory to publish information. Preliminary analysis of the data suggests that the […]
The ActionAid report ‘Real Aid 3’ was released last week. The report shows how much ‘real aid’ is given by donors. ‘Real aid’ is defined as aid which empowers poor women and men to realise their rights, and reduces inequality. It must also be ‘transparent from beginning to end’. The report states that aid transparency […]
Publish What You Fund welcomes the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) Ranking Member Howard Berman (D-CA) and his staff on the proposed Global Partnerships Act of 2011. The Global Partnerships Act of 2011 is a discussion draft of a bill to replace the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, which serves as the foundation for […]
