The description of the activity is a meaningful descriptive text, longer than the title, explaining what the activity is. A project rationale is the reason an activity is taking place. The rationale could be a narrative or a theory of change. The expected outcomes are the development objectives that the activity intends to achieve. The […]

This shows the current status of the activity, e.g. whether the activity is currently under design, being implemented, has finished or has been cancelled. For non-sovereign projects the status may be pending approval, active, completed, or similar.

The project title is its name. This is preferably the formal name of the activity, but does not have to be. In the case of non-sovereign activities, the title may be given as the name of the investee company as long as it satisfies other requirements. The title needs to be complete with any activity […]

Annual reports outline basic (normally aggregate) information about how money was spent in the previous year, broken down by sector and/or country. This should be backward looking. Annual reports that are up-to-date within their regular cycle, i.e. the organisation publishes an annual report a year behind, the most recent document within this time frame is […]

The overall accessibility of data through the organisation’s portals, project databases or searchable data sources. Data sources can be the organisations’ own aid portals, publicly accessible databases or websites – accessed in that order. The portal or database must include information on current activities for the countries or sectors the organisation is working in rather […]

Publish What You Fund completes an assessment of the quality of disclosure policies based on the overarching approach taken in the Global Right to Information (RTI) Rating. The following characteristics are assessed for disclosure / access to information policies: Presumption of disclosure: to score for this indicator, a disclosure policy must have a specific clause […]