Data collection for the 2014 ATI ended on June 30th. As a newbie to the ATI process, it sounded like perfect timing. Summer was just beginning, and there was plenty of time for the team to put their feet up and enjoy some sun before the Index launch in October, right? Wrong. If anything, we […]
Guest post by Alessandra Flora, EurActiv – originally posted here. Ora che anche la Francia e il Giappone vi hanno aderito, l’Italia e la Russia restano gli unici membri del G8 a non partecipare al registro sugli aiuti internazionali, comunemente noto come IATI (acronimo di International Aid Transparency Initiative). In altre parole, ad oggi, le informazioni […]
Data collection continues for the 2014 Aid Transparency Index (ATI). And for the first time, we are sampling documents and data on the results, conditions and sub-national location published to the IATI Registry in XML format. Sampling essentially means manually checking that the information provided is specific to that activity, has been appropriately tagged using IATI […]
Guest post by Ruth Salmon, Research Assistant Joining the data collection team for the 2014 Aid Transparency Index (ATI) has been an eye opening experience. The thing that struck me most is how the volume of data available for an organisation does not necessarily correlate with usability. As Publish What You Fund has been saying for […]
Guest post by Laia Grino, Interaction. The Foreign Assistance Dashboard is about to go through a redesign process. Recognizing that it has a diverse audience with many different interests, the Dashboard team plans to consult a wide range of stakeholders, including in-country partners. For this, they deserve credit. The trick, however, will be not to fall prey […]
Guest post by Rob Morello, Center for Global Development Last week, Ben Leo and I launched a beta version of US Development Initiatives: Where in the World Are They. It allows users to geographically explore US development policy efforts as well as the quantity of aid commitments and the magnitude of trade and investment. Do you want […]
