A coalition of over fifty civil society groups from twenty countries around the world today launched a campaign Make Aid Transparent, which calls on governments and other aid donors to publish more and better information about the money they give. At the centre of the campaign, whose members include ActionAid, Publish What You Fund, Transparency […]
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) released yesterday most of its country operational plans for the next four years. Following a comprehensive bilateral aid review earlier this year, the plans map out how aid will be delivered to each country DFID works in, and the monitoring and evaluation strategy up to 2015. Each plan […]
The BetterAid CSO platform has urged the G8 nations to commit to full aid transparency at the Deauville summit this week. Aid transparency has been identified as a particular area of concern and the coalition of more than 1000 civil society organisations has stated the importance of sending “a strong political message to the Fourth High-Level […]
In a statement issued by the White House and Number 10 Downing Street today, President Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron set out their priorities for the U.S. – UK partnership for Global Development. They state the importance of aid transparency and note the significance of the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan at […]
The AidWatch Report 2011, released May 19 highlights the importance of aid transparency and the striking variation amongst EU Member States’ progress towards aid transparency. There are good performers among emerging and traditional donors, and among large and small member states, which suggests that all aid agencies should be able to deliver on their aid […]
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has this month released its updated Business Plan for 2011–2015. This states that “DFID is committed to being a global leader on transparency. DFID regards transparency as fundamental to improving its accountability to UK citizens and to improving accountability to citizens in the countries in which it works. […]
