A month or so ago, the IATI Dashboard looked a bit worse for wear: It had a big yellow banner announcing “technical issues”, and the footer text showed the data hadn’t been refreshed in 2 months. That’s problematic, because the Dashboard provides important statistics, charts and metrics relating to IATI data in the Registry. For […]
On Thursday, John Adams (IATI TAG chair) asked IATI discuss: What’s the current recommended way to download the entire IATI dataset in XML? Separate files are OK. By Friday, I’d made a Minimum Viable Product: By Monday, it looked a bit more polished: You can view the site here. Wait, what? But… Why? IATI Data […]
UPDATE 30/04/18: We are encouraged to see that IATI have committed to publishing their guidance on how to implement aid and budget alignment this week. Information on aid that is aligned with country budget classifications is a key demand of partner countries. This supports more accurate budgeting, accounting and auditing by partner countries, helping better […]
Maintained, machine-readable versions of the DAC and CRS code lists are now available as CSV and JSON! Here’s how Publish What You Fund and Open Knowledge made it happen… The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) maintains a set of code lists – including the Creditor Reporting System (CRS) – used by donors to report on their aid flows. These […]
