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  • Friday, August 6, 2010 - 15:47
  • Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 16:12

    We have released a new paper on the benefits that technical innovations can bring in the fight against poverty.

    The paper considers the changing relationship between institutions and citizens. It contributes this to the rise of popular technology... ordinary people can now create, contribute to and access information resources easily.

  • Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 16:53

    This paper from aidinfo considers the issue of transparency in aid and the role that the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) plays.

    IATI, launched in Accra in September 2008, seeks to increase the transparency of aid information in order to improve the effectiveness of aid in reducing poverty.

  • Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 14:08
  • Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 15:43

    The latest IATI Consultation Paper has been launched and is available for comment via an online forum until 21 May.

  • Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 11:25

    Aidinfo's case study of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) makes particular reference to research on Development Assistance for Health and the follow up policy report ‘Financing Global Health 2009: Tracking Development Assistance for Health

  • Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 17:29

    The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) held a consultation with European CSOs in Brussels last Friday, 3rd July. The meeting was organised by DFID on behalf of the IATI Secretariat and aimed to understand and document CSOs priorities for accessing information on aid flows. Participants were also asked to consider the main points for inclusion in the code of conduct.

  • Friday, May 29, 2009 - 10:20

    aidinfo facilitates a regular call with a group of individuals and organisations working on aid transparency issues to share information and maximise the synergies in our work. During the last call we had an interesting discussion about what we’ve learnt through our work on aid transparency.

  • Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 10:14

    Over the next few months aidinfo is hoping to work with the Centro de Estudios y Análisis Político (CEAP) in Nicaragua to track aid flows being received by four communities in both rural and urban Nicaragua. The objective of the study is to find out to what extent members of each community are aware of aid flows to their community; if they are aware of their entitlements (if any) to these flows; and their participation in determining how these funds are spent.

  • Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 10:11

    As part of our objective to build more evidence of the need for increased aid transparency, aidinfo recently conducted research in Rwanda to map the information available to the Rwandan government on aid flows. The study, which will be available on the site shortly, paints a picture of multiple and incompatible sources of data and evidence that, despite the effort that goes into maintaining these repositories, individuals within the government of Rwanda tend to go directly to donors or line ministry officials.

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