Tonight on BBC Panorama, the Global Fund – one of the biggest providers of international aid to fight malaria, AIDs and tuberculosis – faces serious questions about its spending. A leaked report shows alleged corruption – involving tens of thousands of dollars – was discovered by investigators working for the Fund. But according to the BBC, the report […]
This week the European Commission is hosting its annual European Development Days in Brussels on 26-27 November. The forum aims to bring together development stakeholders from Europe and around the world to promote greater effectiveness in development cooperation efforts – this year’s focus is on the Post-2015 agenda. 2013 has been a ground breaking year […]
Guest post by Carlos Villota, CONCORD AidWatch One in five people still live below extreme poverty line of $ 1.25 dollars per day. The last decade has seen real improvements, not least in halving the number of people living in poverty, but the real tragedy is that it has not been enough and there is […]
Guest post by David Banisar, Article 19 This week in New York at the UN General Assembly meetings on the future of the Millennium Development Goals, the call for “revolution” has been heard throughout the rooms and halls of the United Nations and in the cafés, hotels, and bars nearby. Fortunately for the world leaders […]
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has published its first set of data to the internationally agreed common standard. The FCO is the third UK Government department to publish to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), a cutting-edge global standard for aid publication. It joins the Department for International Development (DFID), which leads the pack […]
You may not have noticed from the headlines, but the G8 Summit was a real triumph for transparency. It was a brave and ambitious thing to put on the agenda, because it is not an easy issue to negotiate on. When it comes to the details, hundreds of different interests – many of them vested […]
