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Global aid dataset at risk with cancellation of 2026 Aid Transparency Index

By Gary Forster and Alex Tilley | Mar 5, 2025 | News

Publish What You Fund will not be running the Aid Transparency Index in 2026, and all future editions are in doubt unless further funding can be secured. The Index has provided an independent assessment and ranking of the transparency of the world’s largest aid agencies since 2012. It has had a significant impact on the quality and quantity of aid data that is published to the IATI Standard. Without it, there is great risk of an unchecked decline in aid transparency.

Aid more transparent than ever before

By Gary Forster and Alex Tilley | Jul 16, 2024 | Blog, News

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).

Aid transparency is back on track in the UK

By Gary Forster and Alex Tilley | Jul 16, 2024 | Blog, News

The UK has returned to the top ten most transparent aid and development donors, according to the 2024 Aid Transparency Index. It reveals that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) now ranks in the “very good” category after a big drop in the last Index. It scored 82.9 points out of 100, up an impressive 11 points from 2022.

$2 trillion in public assets but little transparency

By Gary Forster and Paul James | Jan 25, 2023 | News

The first ever ranking of the transparency of development finance institutions (DFIs) highlights a startling lack of public disclosure. The inaugural edition of the DFI Transparency Index examines the transparency of 30 DFI operations, with combined assets of $2 trillion. It reveals that across the board DFIs are insufficiently transparent.

Funding for women’s economic empowerment stagnates, despite an increase in international development funding

By Nadia Meeran | Jul 18, 2022 | News

While funding for international development projects in Bangladesh, Kenya, and Nigeria is increasing, funding for projects targeting women’s economic empowerment has remained the same since 2015. This is one of the key findings of new research, which outlines the state of funding for women’s economic empowerment in Bangladesh, Kenya, and Nigeria.

Most major aid agencies are now transparent, but for how long?

By Gary Forster | Jul 13, 2022 | News

The majority of the agencies in the 2022 Aid Transparency Index now publish good quality aid data. 31 organisations, the highest number to date, now score “very good” or “good”. But this 10th anniversary report contains a stark warning about the deterioration in quality of data between editions of the Aid Transparency Index.
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