The 2011 Reality of Aid Report ‘Democratic Ownership and Development Effectiveness: Civil Society Perspectives on Progress since Paris’ overview chapter was released in advance of the full report launch planned for October at the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness meetings in Paris. The overview explains the current issue of a lack of aid information, and […]
Congratulations to Madagascar who have become the 22nd partner country to endorse the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). It means that Madagascar are the 10th African country to endorse IATI, which highlights the growing African consensus on the need for greater aid transparency. By endorsing IATI as a partner country, they have approved the IATI […]
Publish What You Fund Director, Karin Christiansen, today submitted a response to the UK newspaper The Guardian’s 29 July article “US foreign aid ‘needs greater coherence’, report says”: Having just got back from a trip to the US where we met different officials from the many different aid agencies, I couldn’t agree more with the […]
The UK Aid Network (UKAN) and organisations undersigned welcome the UK Aid Transparency Guarantee, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to input to the consultation. We strongly welcome the inclusion in the Guarantee the focus on achieving transparency across the international aid system and the formation of international standards through the International Aid […]
A White Paper launched by FreeBalance in June emphasises that greater integration between donor and recipient budget systems is crucial to the success of aid transparency. The paper argues that the rationalisation needed to integrate different operational systems is not as complex and expensive as previously thought, and could be achieved relatively quickly and inexpensively […]
BetterAid has submitted civil society views to the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness (WP-Eff) in response to the first draft of the Busan Outcome Document (BOD). The CSO platform notes that the document does reflect a number of key civil society concerns but does not adequately address the key challenges, findings and core messages demanded […]
