Today we’re launching a new tool that uncovers huge swathes of previously incomprehensible aid and development information. IATI Decipher, for the first time, visualises strategic and budget documents in the IATI Registry. This valuable data – encompassing over 22,300 strategic documents and $2.6 trillion of global donor budgets – was only previously accessible to those […]
In the aid transparency arena, one of the most frequently raised issues concerns data use, and the lack of data users. This blog describes how we used our knowledge and experience to examine this issue – taking a user’s perspective to US International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) data.
A round up of our latest news, including reflections on DFI transparency and top takeaways from UN Open Data Forum.
Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are playing a more prominent role in the aid and development landscape. DFI operations, however, are often opaque, leading many to call for greater transparency. This blog describes how we want to bring the discussion to the granular level, and show where transparency can be improved in real, practical terms.
13 – 15 November 2018 Kathmandu, Nepal The annual TAG meeting brings together technical experts, open data advocates, IATI data publishers and users from around the world. Several members of the Publish What You Fund team will be attending, and we will be leading/contributing to a number of sessions. Gary Forster will be presenting on the work […]
The importance of good quality, open data to the success of the Sustainable Development Goals is clear. In this blog, Charlotte reflects on her time at the UN World Data Forum, and the lessons for the role of transparency in development data.
