Guest blog by George Ingram, David Beckmann and Jim Kolbe, originally posted here. Something peculiar has happened around President Barack Obama’s trip to Africa: a famously dysfunctional Congress actually sent a constructive, bipartisan message to the president about the future of engagement with the continent and other developing countries. Two weeks ago, a group […]
On June 24th Publish What You Fund and the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network organized an event on Capitol Hill to discuss aid transparency and the International Aid Transparency Initiative. Kindly hosted by the co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance (CCEFA), Ander Crenshaw and Adam Smith, the event brought together over 70 staffers […]
You may not have noticed from the headlines, but the G8 Summit was a real triumph for transparency. It was a brave and ambitious thing to put on the agenda, because it is not an easy issue to negotiate on. When it comes to the details, hundreds of different interests – many of them vested […]
The G8 is finally delivering on aid transparency promises with all countries committing to full and timely implementation of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). This includes France, Italy and Japan, for the first time. Implementation of IATI is achievable and consistent with the goals of the Lough Erne Summit, as it provides a standard […]
The Committee on Foreign Affairs has expressed concerns over ‘stalled efforts’ in making American aid transparent in a letter to USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah. A bipartisan effort, the letter was issued ahead of the G8 Summit to press USAID about their implementation of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). The Committee requested a timeline for delivery, as […]
We congratulate the Center for Global Development for their latest effort on tracking foreign assistance through the U.S. Foreign Assistance Dashboard Tracker. The tracker will help inform a number of stakeholders on the progress of the Foreign Assistance Dashboard, including what agencies are uploading information (planning, obligation, spent, and implementation), when, and with what frequency. […]
