Join Publish What You Fund and the Center for Global Development on 4th November to hear the headline findings and themes from the 2026 Aid Transparency Index, the leading global assessment of the transparency of major aid and development organisations, and take part in a timely discussion about the future of trust, transparency and evidence in development decision-making.
For years, accessing raw aid data has required specialist skills – understanding data structures, writing queries, and interpreting complex reporting practices. That has created a reliance on “data intermediaries” to turn data into insights. Elma Jenkins and Alex Tilley have been testing whether AI agents could bridge that gap by querying raw IATI data directly. In this blog they set out their findings – the potential and reality of using AI to mine aid data.
We have revealed the full list of agencies that will be assessed in the 2026 Aid Transparency Index. A total of 34 organisations will be included, combining agencies that have opted into a new paid-for accreditation model with major bilateral donors assessed to preserve the Index’s role as an independent benchmark of transparency.
We are pleased to announce the organisations that have chosen to participate in the 2026 Aid Transparency Index. The Index will provide an independent assessment and accreditation of transparency performance, ensuring the sustainability of this vital global accountability tool while opening participation to a broader range of organisations than ever before.
Publish What You Fund will not be running the Aid Transparency Index in 2026, and all future editions are in doubt unless further funding can be secured. The Index has provided an independent assessment and ranking of the transparency of the world’s largest aid agencies since 2012. It has had a significant impact on the quality and quantity of aid data that is published to the IATI Standard. Without it, there is great risk of an unchecked decline in aid transparency.
Gary Forster introduces the aid and development information that can be found on D-Portal – a gateway to the 800,000 projects in the International Aid transparency Initiative dataset. Using the example of investments made by the African Development Bank into water and sanitation projects in Zambia, Gary shows the wealth of information (such as objectives, partners, funding disbursements, and evaluation reports) that can be explored when agencies publish good data.
