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 […]
Guest post by Paola Palacios and Sandra Patargo, Transparencia Mexicana The first meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation starts today in Mexico. This meeting can and should be a window of opportunity for the governments and organisations to commit and comply with specific mechanisms to make all aid flows more transparent and accountable. […]
Guest post by Paul O’Brien, Vice President for Policy and Campaigns at Oxfam America I wonder if USAID’s Raj Shah is reading Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the 21st Century”. Op-ed writers in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and New York Times think the book may help progressives rediscover their mojo, and help all sides overcome false […]
Guest post by Mamadou Honadia, Chair of the Adaptation Fund Board The Adaptation Fund has published its project data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) registry today. In making its data public and searchable on IATI’s platform, the Fund joins 234 other organizations, including the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and the Gates Foundation, that […]
