
There’s plenty to celebrate here at aidinfo as HLF4 ends in Busan today. Transparency has been the issue of the day, and the subject on everyone’s lips – for example, in his speech to today’s plenary, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach emphasised the importance of access to information, noting its power to… [more]

Fantastic news from HLF4 in Busan this morning, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announcing that the US has joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). Following similar announcements by Canadian CIDA, CDC and the Inter-American Development Bank in Busan yesterday, this brings the total number of IATI signatories to 26. The US is… [more]

Today we have a guest blog from Owen Barder, well-known development blogger and Senior Fellow and Director for Europe at the Center for Global Development. More than two thousand delegates have gathered today in Busan, South Korea, for the fourth installment of a succession of meetings aimed at making aid more effective. There has been significant progress since… [more]

Exciting news from Busan, where Canada’s Minister for International Cooperation, Beverly Oda, has just announced that Canada has joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). This brings the total number of IATI signatories up to 23, including 13 bilateral donors, seven multilateral organisations, two global programmes and one foundation. Together, IATI signatories account for two-thirds… [more]