This is an opinion piece by Rupert Simons and Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, originally posted here on the Devex website. In December 2014, the U.S. government committed over $2 billion to the fight against Ebola: $1.4 billion of that was allocated to the U.S. Agency for International Development and $600 million to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — but […]
Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund today launched a new joint project aimed at improving the way that data can be shared and used. The Joined-Up Data Standards project, supported by Omidyar Network, seeks to change the way in which the standards that govern development data are designed and how they can be aligned […]
IATI, Publish What You Fund, Open Contracting Partnership, Transparency International, the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT), and UNDP are holding a side event at the Financing for Development conference. Please find details below and view the full invite with map here. The Role of Data Standards and International Initiatives in Mobilizing and Monitoring Financing […]
Washington, DC – Lack of aid transparency by main U.S. government agencies is hindering development outcomes in some of the poorest countries in the world, says Publish What You Fund’s latest report. The U.S. is the world’s largest single provider of foreign assistance, giving $27bn of critical development assistance in 2013 alone. Yet four out […]
Publish What You Fund will present the 2015 U.S. Aid Transparency Review on July 1st 2015. Where FHI360 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20009 When Wednesday July 1, 2015 10:30 am- noon. Followed by a light lunch. RSVP by June 24th Email Nicholas Winnett Panel Mr. Emmanuel Abdulai, Executive Director, Society for Democratic Initiatives Ms. Angelique Crumbly, […]
LONDON – Die fehlende Transparenz bei den größten europäischen Spendengebern behindert die Entwicklungsergebnisse in einigen der ärmsten Länder der Welt, heißt es im letzten Bericht von Publish What You Fund. Zusammengenommen ist die Europäische Union einer der größten Geber der Welt – allein im Jahre 2013 wurden 66 Milliarden Euro an Entwicklungshilfe geleistet. Nach wie […]
