The Global Campaign for Aid and Development Transparency
By Toby Trembath | |
As the largest bilateral aid agency in the world, the quality of USAID’s data publication makes a huge difference to the state of global aid transparency. In the 2018 Index, USAID moved up to the ‘good’ category from ‘fair’ in 2016. USAID is now publishing directly to the IATI Registry, allowing it to post more […]
By Toby Trembath | |
Created by US Congress in 2004, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is an independent bilateral US foreign aid agency. The agency currently manages compacts and threshold programmes in 45 countries, and has just been given authority to have regional programs. MCC remains the leading US aid agency in terms of transparency and in the 2018 Index was […]
By Toby Trembath | |
The KFW Development Bank is a state-owned financial institution with a joint domestic and international mandate. Its development finance activities are funded by a mix of public and capital market funds, including contributions from BMZ. Its position in the Aid Transparency Index has remained in the ‘fair’ category since 2013. Publish What You Fund recognises the […]
By Toby Trembath | |
GIZ is a state-owned company and implements development cooperation activities on behalf of BMZ and other funders. In the 2018 Index, BMZ-GIZ again ranked in the ‘good’ performance category. The agency has also worked to improve the frequency of its IATI publication and now publishes data on at least a monthly basis. Publish What You Fund […]
By Toby Trembath | |
France – MEAE is responsible for setting development cooperation policy. It manages France’s Solidarity Funds – projects relating to humanitarian and food aid – and funds dedicated to democratic governance. France-MEAE is now ranked in the ‘fair’ category, one place behind France-AFD. We call on France-MEAE to: Improve the comprehensiveness of its data, starting by […]
By Toby Trembath | |
France-AFD is a public agency and a development bank, which manages the majority of French bilateral assistance. In 2018, they remained in the ‘fair’ category. Publish What You Fund welcomes AFD’s commitment to transparency and now calls on them to: Update to a newer version of the Standard so as to take full advantage of the […]