The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) on the 1st March released their 2011 Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) which included an assessment of the transparency and accountability of multilateral aid agencies. The review “asks whether organisations make comprehensive information about their policies and projects readily available to outsiders. It also asks whether they are accountable […]
On 28th January the UK Department for International Development (DFID) became the first aid donor to publish what they fund. Demonstrating continued leadership on aid transparency and fulfilling promises made in Accra in 2008, DFID is now the first agency in the world to put its aid information through the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) […]
Update (4th April): We’ve received replies to eight letters already. Read the replies here. On 9th February, a meeting of the International Aid Transparency Initiative Steering Committee in Paris will agree the final details of the global standard for publishing aid information. In advance of this meeting, 35 civil society organisations from around the world […]
It has been a momentous day for open government data. This morning the UK government announced its release of all data on central government spending above £25 000 – totalling around £80bn of the annual £670bn spend. At the launch, which Publish What You Fund attended, Francis Maude said “We are moving from need to […]
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has this month released its Business Plan for 2011–2015. Central to the plan is a commitment to ensuring aid transparency within DFID to deliver value for money to the taxpayer, government accountability, and improved aid effectiveness: “DFID regards transparency as fundamental to improving its accountability to UK citizens […]
Publish What You Fund has developed an Aid Transparency Assessment. This is the first global assessment for aid transparency and we plan to produce more in the future.
