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Using data for social good: transparency of public finances is vital

By Guest | Jun 16, 2020 | Blog

In the fourth of our 2020 #AidTransparency Index launch blogs, Claire Schouten, Senior Programme Officer at the International Budget Partnership reflects on the role of aid transparency as it relates to national budget transparency and provides many examples of how and why this information is so much in demand.

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Tracking the New UK Aid Players with Data

By Elma Jenkins | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog

We recently attended the select committee hearing on how ODA is being managed in the UK. This was a timely event, given we are mid-way through our review of the aid transparency of all aid spending government departments in the UK. It led us to ponder “What does government accountability of international aid look like?”

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News Roundup – Trust & Transparency, a New Approach for Aid Transparency, a Gender Index, the Open Government Global Report & a Thousand IATI Publishers

By Sam Cavenett | Jun 6, 2019 | News

Our regular round up of the latest blogs and reports, featuring blogs on how transparency can aid trust, the evolution of aid transparency and its future approach and the principles for debt transparency, plus major new research on gender equality and open government.

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Fostering Trust – Why Aid Transparency Matters

By James Coe and Gary Forster | Jun 5, 2019 | Blog

We have encountered many citizens and activists who are seeking answers on aid spending. This blog recalls just a few of their experiences and examines how transparency can help to build trust.

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Three Years After FATAA: What’s the Current State of US Foreign Assistance Data?

By Sally Paxton and Guest | May 23, 2019 | Blog

The Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act (FATAA) was passed by Congress in 2016 to require the US agencies involved in implementing foreign assistance to publish detailed country-based information on their activities. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently assessed how well the 22 agencies are complying with the data requirements. Our US representative Sally Paxton and the Brookings Institution’s George Ingram have been analysing the OMB report and conclude that it falls short in a number of ways. In this blog they summarise the gaps and missed opportunities.

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Ten Years of Aid Transparency – Fulfilling the Dream of Accra

By Gary Forster | Oct 5, 2018 | Blog

By Owen Barder, Vice President at the Center for Global Development, Director for Europe and a senior fellow, and Gary Forster, Chief Executive Officer, Publish What You Fund   Aid and development transparency has come a long way in ten years. In this, the first of a two-part blog series, we look back at the […]

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