Earlier this month, the British government hosted a conference on Somalia, together with the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the African Union and United Nations. The conference was timely: Somalia’s recovery from decades of civil war is being held back by ongoing terrorist activity and a food crisis in much of the country. […]
Two organisations working to promote aid transparency, accountability and effectiveness welcome the continued cross-party consensus to protect the aid budget and spend aid in the most effective way. The One Campaign and Publish What You Fund recognise that the United Kingdom is already a leader in this. The Department for International Development (DFID) is one of the most transparent donors […]
Publish What You Fund’s 2016 Annual Report and audited accounts are now available to view online. In his Chair’s letter, Giles Bolton recognises the continued role that transparency has, even in the changing global political climate. The report also covers the Joined-up Data project and OpenAg Funding Initative, which both began in 2015 – 2016, as […]
Publish What You Fund is delighted to be a finalist in the Transparency category of the Bond International Development Awards 2017. After being shortlisted for our work on the Aid Transparency Index, we are now in the final alongside WaterAid and Restless Development – you can see all of the submissions on the Bond website. […]
Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund welcome the strong emphasis on increased transparency in the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID)’s long-awaited Bilateral Development Review and Multilateral Development Review, both published today. DFID has been a leading player in global efforts to improve transparency for many years and in these latest reviews we see […]
The Reality of Aid 2010 Report was presented in Brussels on the 7th December. The biennial report on aid and development cooperation issues is written by authors from NGOs worldwide, whose research draws on knowledge and expertise from aid agencies, academia, community-based organizations and governments. This year the report highlights aid transparency’s central role in […]
