Our regular roundup of news on aid and development transparency – featuring the 2024 Aid Transparency Index launch and results, plus news on the timeline and introduction of climate finance indicators to the 2025 DFI Transparency Index.
Gary Forster introduces the aid and development information that can be found on D-Portal – a gateway to the 800,000 projects in the International Aid transparency Initiative dataset. Using the example of investments made by the African Development Bank into water and sanitation projects in Zambia, Gary shows the wealth of information (such as objectives, partners, funding disbursements, and evaluation reports) that can be explored when agencies publish good data.
Work on the second DFI Transparency Index is underway, in preparation for launch in July 2025. The Index ranks the transparency of the world’s leading development finance institutions (DFIs) and encourages improvement. We recently completed a methodology review, involving stakeholder consultation, to improve the rigour of the DFI Transparency Index, while maintaining comparability between the 2023 and 2025 editions. Here we set out the changes that have been made to the methodology, including the addition of new climate finance indicators.
Zacharey Carmichael, Senior Economist in the World Bank’s Agriculture and Food Global Practice discusses how the Global Food and Nutrition Security Dashboard uses International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) data to support real-time emergency decision-making.
We’re excited to announce that the launch of the 2024 Aid Transparency Index will take place on Tuesday 16 July at 9.30 EDT / 2.30 BST. The event will be hosted by Brookings Center for Sustainable Development in Washington DC and online.
The 2024 Aid Transparency Index has recorded its highest ever scores – marking a continued improvement in aid transparency among the world’s major aid and development agencies. The Index found advancements in the quality, quantity and timeliness of aid data. The average score across all 50 organisations in 2024 was the highest seen so far at 64.4 (compared with 61.8 in 2022). More organisations achieved scores in the top ‘very good’ category (12) and fewer organisations than ever before were in the bottom ‘very poor’ category (2).
