This is a guest post by Claire Schouten, International Budget Partnership The Open Budget Survey 2015 just came out and it shares important findings for transparent, participatory and accountable development. In its fifth edition since 2006, the survey covers 102 countries and is the only independent, comparative measure of budget transparency and accountability. So what does it […]
This is a guest post by Josh Powell, Director of Innovation at Development Gateway Earlier this month, Publish What You Fund’s U.S. Aid Transparency Review showed strong improvements from the U.S. Government (USG). In particular, USAID should be congratulated for its leap from a narrowly achieved “Fair” to a solid “Good,” while MCC continues to […]
This is a guest post from Erin Hohlfelder & Joe Kraus, the ONE Campaign (originally posted on the ONE blog here) Keeping track of financial information isn’t most people’s idea of a fun time. Perhaps that explains why people enjoy making jokes about accounting (“It’s accrual world.” or “Why did the accountant cross the road? To bore […]
Guest post by Laia Grino, InterAction (originally posted here) In 2014 USAID ranked at the bottom of the “Fair” category of Publish What You Fund’s Aid Transparency Index, narrowly missing joining a few fellow U.S. government agencies that were rated as “Poor.” Less than a year later USAID has jumped into the “Good” category. That […]
This is a guest post by Abigail Poe, Director of the Security Assistance Monitor and Colby Goodman, Senior Research Associate of the Security Assistance Monitor at the Center for International Policy From extremist attacks against civilians in Afghanistan to police abuse of Muslim community members in Kenya, people struggle every day with security threats that violate other […]
This is a guest post from Sheila Herrling, Senior Vice President for Social Innovation at the Case Foundation and member of Publish What You Fund’s U.S. Advisory Committee I’m a big believer in transparency. And not just because it’s the “right thing to do” but because it’s the “smart thing to do” if you care […]
