It’s six months since we launched the 2014 Aid Transparency Index. We’ve been pleasantly surprised by the number of donors that have been in touch to find out how they can improve the quality of the information they publish (and of course move a few notches up the ranking in doing so!). As you can […]
Last week well over 100 participants convened in Seoul for the Annual Workshop of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation organised by the Korean government. The main objectives of the workshop were to take stock of the implementation of the Busan commitments at country level and to reflect on the role of the GPEDC […]
Consultations on the revised framework for Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) ended last Friday. For those unfamiliar with PEFA, it’s a performance measurement framework for public financial management. It assesses whether a country has the tools to deliver three main budgetary outcomes: aggregate fiscal discipline; strategic resource allocation; and efficient use of resources for […]
At the African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meetings this week in Kigali, the bank launched a new online platform to map out its investments across Africa. As we’ve said elsewhere, Publish What You Fund is pleased to see such a strong, on-going commitment to transparency by an influential organisation like the AfDB. It achieved the highest overall score among […]
Last week, I attended the Open Development Camp, a two day conference to explore open data, innovative technology and new ways of working can help create a better world. The conference had a great turnout, with an eclectic mix of organisations attending – all the way from, NGOs, government and aid agencies to open data […]
Every year we produce an Aid Transparency Index in order to assess the state of aid transparency among the world’s major donors. And every year we are faced with the question of which organisations to include. In previous years organisations were selected on the basis of their membership of the OECD DAC or IATI. Additional […]
