Yesterday Owen Barder, Director for Europe at the Center for Global Development, expressed concern regarding the openness of the Google-World Bank mapping project, pointing out that data used to create the maps should be available for anyone to access and use. Last month in the New York Times, Caroline Anstey, Managing Director at the World Bank, […]
The World Bank has increased access to its data by launching the World Bank Finances website; the newest addition to the Bank’s open data site. This is a welcome and very encouraging development in the wake of the World Bank’s first publication to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) in May. The website includes detailed […]
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 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 […]
Today the World Bank have become the third aid donor, and the first multi-lateral agency to publish their aid information to the International Aid Transparency Initiative Registry. The World Bank come after the UK Department for International Development and the Hewlett Foundation in publishing their information to the newly agreed standard. The IATI Registry is a […]
Increased effort required by most ahead of crucial summit in November (16 May, London) – By publishing aid transparency implementation plans today a handful of international donors have proven that more transparent aid can be achieved. “They have put other donors to shame who should have done better” said campaign group Publish What You […]
