ANALYSIS

The MAE scores 13.3%, placing it in the very poor category. It ranks 34^th out of 49 bilateral agencies and second out of three French organisations. Although MAE has recently added three datasets to its website – 2012 Humanitarian Emergency Fund, 2012 Priority Solidarity Funds and 2012 food aid – these datasets represent less than a tenth of the value of total disbursements reported for the MAE in 2011. Even accounting for a difference in 2011 and 2012 spending, these datasets do not seem to be comprehensive, resulting in the Ministry’s poor performance at the activity-level. It publishes some activity documents but does not publish other activity level information consistently for all its projects. The MAE does not publish forward-looking budgets for recipient countries.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• The MAE has an opportunity to play a leading role in promoting the use of IATI data at country-level by working with other donors and the Government of Mali to develop an IATI country portal for Mali to track the aid and development flows into the country.
• It should work with the AFD and MINEFI to begin publication of IATI information for priority recipient countries in early 2014. It should update its implementation schedule by mid-2014 to include ambitious plans for expanding its IATI publication to include all aid activities in all countries. This will ensure that France can meet its commitment to full publication of the IATI component of the Busan common standard by the end of 2015.

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