Guest post by Kersti Wissenbach, Open Knowledge Foundation – originally posted here. We are moving beyond the hype of “open development”. At OKCON and online, questions about what “open development” is, how it affects change and what ethical issues arise when talking about open in development have continued to come up. At the Open Development Camp (ODC13), the […]
Guest post by Lisa Ann Elges, Transparency International Climate finance is packaged as a remedy to help cure its symptoms and causes. It comes in envelopes of different sizes, all donning the ‘transparency’ label – this is public money for a public cause, after all. But the fine print tells us more. At Transparency International […]
Guest post by Carlos Villota, CONCORD AidWatch One in five people still live below extreme poverty line of $ 1.25 dollars per day. The last decade has seen real improvements, not least in halving the number of people living in poverty, but the real tragedy is that it has not been enough and there is […]
Guest post by Laia Grino, Interaction – cross posted here. The fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 (FY2013) recently came to an end. This means that over the next few weeks, USAID will be working to put together its fourth quarter data for public release through the Foreign Assistance Dashboard. This summer, USAID posted information on more […]
Guest post by Philippe de Fontaine Vive, European Investment Bank We are all witnessing the ever growing demand for more transparency and information about the activities and impacts of governments and public institutions. This trend is supported by new opportunities based on technology and tools that make it easier to access, analyse and share information and data. […]
The following post is from Alan Hudson, Policy Director (Transparency & Accountability) at ONE and Jonathan Gray, Director of Policy and Ideas at the Open Knowledge Foundation. Originally posted here. Last month we announced the Open Knowledge Foundation and ONE’s plans to support and strengthen the community of activists and advocacy organisations working to enable […]
