Achieving a data revolution in sustainable development: open data for development We welcome the appointment of the Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on the Data Revolution. We believe that open, timely and comparable data is needed to unlock the power of information to drive positive outcomes for sustainable development. Definition of a data revolution A data […]
LONDON – Despite making several international transparency commitments, the vast majority of the world’s donors are still not sharing enough data about their development activities. The Aid Transparency Index (ATI), released today by Publish What You Fund, is the industry standard for assessing transparency among the top 68 aid-giving organisations, from countries including the U.S. […]
On Wednesday, Publish What You Fund (PWYF) will launch its 2014 Aid Transparency Index, which ranks donors according to the amount – and quality – of the aid information they publish. As a partner, we know that every year the Index prompts a mad rush around the deadline for data collection, as donors seek to […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) published the first set of data on its development operations to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). This first report includes all contracts that were signed in 2014 in countries outside the EU (except EFTA countries). From now on, it will report data on a monthly basis, i.e. the IATI files will […]
[This event has already occurred – watch below] Keynote Speaker Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nigerian Minister of Finance Panelists Ambassador Deborah Birx Global AIDS Coordinator Haoliang Xu United Nations Assistant Secretary General & UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Dalitso Kubalasa Executive Director, Malawi Economic Justice Network Rachel Rank Director, Publish What You Fund […]
A Discussion on the Value of Transparency Hosted by Interaction, including speakers from AidData, Development Initiatives, Foundation Center, Open Aid Partnership, Oxfam America, & Publish What You Fund This online discussion is following a six part blog series addressing questions such as: What does it mean to be transparent? How do organizations become transparent? Does transparency […]
