A few weeks ago, Publish What You Fund signed up to the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign, which is being run by a coalition of over 100 NGOs – everyone from Oxfam and Save the Children to, well, us. Enough Food for Everyone IF is a great movement of individuals and organisations who have […]
The International Development Select Committee has published a report looking at how the UK Government spends its international aid budget. The Committee says that Department for International Development (DFID) is channelling more funds through multilateral organisations, like the UN and World Bank, even though they have higher administrative costs. Chair of the Committee, Rt Hon Sir […]
Thirty-five donor organisations and governments have so far released implementation schedules for the common standard on aid information, with at least five more plans likely to be published in the coming weeks. It is encouraging that donors representing the lion’s share of global aid flows have delivered on their Busan commitment of outlining their plans […]
This week has seen the publication of two very critical reports on UK aid. A report by the campaign group War on Want says Britain’s aid budget for Africa is increasingly being channelled through public-private investment funds based in the offshore tax haven of Mauritius. The report says the Department for International Development (DFID) has sponsored a network of offshore investment funds and […]
Last night, UK Secretary of State for Development Justine Greening launched the UK Aid Transparency Challenge, calling on international donors to do more to make their aid delivery more transparent. Speaking at a Publish What You Fund, BOND and UK Aid Network event in London, Greening also announced the Aid Transparency Challenge Fund, which will encourage the development of tools to improve traceability of aid and […]
LONDON – While most UK aid is becoming more transparent, the activities of some UK Government departments delivering foreign assistance remains unclear, according to the UK Aid Transparency Report Card published today. Produced by Publish What You Fund and UKAN, the report comes one year after the Government threw its weight behind aid transparency at […]
