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 […]
Today Australia became the fifth organisation and third major official donor to publish aid information to the International Aid Transparency Initiative registry, having released all of its aid documents to the international standard’s website. This comes after data releases by the UK, World Bank, Hewlett Foundation, and Development Initiatives Poverty Research, and sets an important precedent for […]
The 2011 Reality of Aid Report ‘Democratic Ownership and Development Effectiveness: Civil Society Perspectives on Progress since Paris’ overview chapter was released in advance of the full report launch planned for October at the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness meetings in Paris. The overview explains the current issue of a lack of aid information, and […]
Congratulations to Madagascar who have become the 22nd partner country to endorse the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). It means that Madagascar are the 10th African country to endorse IATI, which highlights the growing African consensus on the need for greater aid transparency. By endorsing IATI as a partner country, they have approved the IATI […]
Publish What You Fund Director, Karin Christiansen, today submitted a response to the UK newspaper The Guardian’s 29 July article “US foreign aid ‘needs greater coherence’, report says”: Having just got back from a trip to the US where we met different officials from the many different aid agencies, I couldn’t agree more with the […]
The UK Aid Network (UKAN) and organisations undersigned welcome the UK Aid Transparency Guarantee, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to input to the consultation. We strongly welcome the inclusion in the Guarantee the focus on achieving transparency across the international aid system and the formation of international standards through the International Aid […]
