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We’re recruiting! Wanted: Open Data specialist

News Published: 20/04/2012

Do you want to play a key role in an international open data initiative that will deliver a step change in greater transparency and accountability of aid resources? We are looking for an open data specialist to join the aidinfo team at Development Initiatives and manage a team that supports the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)….

David Shaman

The transparency of process

Views Published: 30/03/2012

It’s time for the third and final segment in our three-part guest blog series from the author David Shaman. You can read the first two parts of this series here and here.   David is the author of “The World Bank Unveiled: Inside the Revolutionary Struggle for Transparency“, an insider’s account of how the world’s largest… [more]

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AidView – we need your help!

News Published: 27/03/2012

We’ve recently launched our new aid data platform – AidView – in beta. Aidview allows you to easily access detailed and timely aid data published through the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), via a series of interactive visualisations. Available through iPads, Andriods and all modern web browsers, AidView enables you to have the information you… [more]

David Shaman

Energy and focus: where transparency and international development have merged in the 21st Century

Views Published: 23/03/2012

It’s time for the second segment in our three-part guest blog series from the author David Shaman. We will run the last blog in this series at the same time next week. You can read the first blog that we published last week here.  David is the author of “The World Bank Unveiled: Inside the… [more]

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Launch of our Nepal Country Study

NewsViews Published: 08/02/2012

This week we’re very excited to be launching work in Nepal. With the IATI standard now bearing fruit, we are increasingly turning our attention to how we can help make this information useful in aid recipient countries. Last year, we worked with a group of interested organisations in Kathmandu to try and understand the nature… [more]

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Upcoming Events

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

When: Thursday 17th May 2012

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) helps raise awareness of the possibilities… [more]

G8 Summit 2012, Chicago

When: Saturday 19th May 2012

This year the G8 Summit is being held in Chicago, United States…. [more]