The Board of Friends of Publish What You Fund and Oxfam America are holding an event to launch two reports reviewing the state of aid transparency in the U.S. and making recommendations to the next Administration. Where National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC When Friday October 21, 2016 9.00 – 11.00 AM […]
Friends of Publish What You Fund have launched a new website. The U.S.-based non-profit organisation was established in May 2015. Its aim is to promote transparency among donors, users and implementers of international assistance in order to ensure effective spending, evaluation and accountability. Friends of Publish What You Fund grant to other organisations that further […]
This blog is from Laia Grino, Senior Manager of Transparency, Accountability and Results at InterAction. It was originally posted on the InterAction website here. Last week, the U.S. government released its third National Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Included in the plan is a strong commitment to improving foreign aid transparency. The commitment focuses on what […]
This is a guest post by Rodney Bent, Independent Consultant With much hoopla in December 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, aka the QDDR. This substantial document, 90 pages worth, was intended to replicate for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development what […]
Our 2015 Reviews assessed a smaller number of key donors in the run up to the Busan deadline and were released in mid-2015 2015 EU Aid Transparency Review 2015 U.S. Aid Transparency Review
This is a guest post by Josh Powell, Director of Innovation at Development Gateway Earlier this month, Publish What You Fund’s U.S. Aid Transparency Review showed strong improvements from the U.S. Government (USG). In particular, USAID should be congratulated for its leap from a narrowly achieved “Fair” to a solid “Good,” while MCC continues to […]
