In November the team at Publish What You Fund began a methodology review process following the launch of the 2020 Aid Transparency Index. Our aim was to update the Index assessment approach in order to ensure we adapt to new developments and continue to raise the bar for aid transparency.

We initially went through an intensive internal research and reflection process to produce a set of proposed changes. We then held a series of consultation meetings with key stakeholders in the Index (including the donors we assess), and carried out an online survey of aid data use and needs. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the consultations so far for their valuable feedback. Following these consultations, we  developed a proposal for the changes to the approach, which we shared publicly for comment and input.

In this consultation paper we took into consideration the feedback received so far to further develop our thinking and to set out in more technical detail how the proposed test changes will be carried out. The consultation paper was made available for public comment from 8th March for four weeks (concluding on 6^th April, after the Easter weekend).

The online version of this document (Google doc) is now closed for viewing only.

Thanks to those of you who provided comments, we will take these into consideration as we finalise the methodology review and write the 2022 Index Technical Paper.