Publish What You Fund congratulates the CDC for becoming the first bilateral development finance institution to sign up to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). As the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in the Republic of Korea comes to a close, CDC, the UK’s financial development institute joins 25 other signatories to the initiative, increasing and […]
A selection of media coverage of Publish What You Fund during the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan 29 Nov – 1 Dec. This page will be updated regularly. Broadcast BBC World Service – ‘Letter from Karin Christiansen’ Marketplace – Interview in “Foreign aid recipients hurt by global economic concerns’ Print Financial […]
The campaign group Publish What You Fund today welcomed the launch of a new initiative to encourage governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and strengthen governance. The Open Government Partnership, which launches today in New York, is overseen by eight governments and nine civil society organizations. Forty-six governments have so far agreed to […]
Today the commitments of countries participating in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative were released on the newly launched website. The UK has set an important precedent in committing to publish aid information ‘from all government departments who spend overseas development assistance (ODA) in line with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standards, extending coverage […]
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 […]
