International Aid Transparency Initiative

We work closely with this multi stakeholder-led global initiative, which aims to make information about aid spending easier to access, use and understand. Visit their site for more information. 

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Reports

You can find our collection of reports here. If there’s a particular topic you’re looking for you can search or filter by theme – policy, data or technology.

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Towards Climate Finance Transparency

This paper has been written as a joint collaboration between aidinfo and Publish What You Fund. It examines the intersection between aid transparency and climate finance. It maps the broad landscape of funding to enable adaptation and mitigation of climate change, and the systems for monitoring it. These include systems which label the money as ‘aid’… [more]

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Published: 14/05/2012
Pages: 36

DIPR; On the Path To Transparency

A methodology for publishing IATI-compliant data. In July 2011, Development Initiatives Poverty Research (DIPR) published their first file of open data, in compliance with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Standard for providing data on aid flows. This initial publication covered data from the aidinfo programme and was published on the website at aidinfo.org/open. This was… [more]

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Published: 07/09/2011
Pages: 19
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aidinfo external evaluation

In 2010 aidinfo commissioned an independent evaluator to conduct a review of the aidinfo programme. This document is the outcome of this evaluation and provides an overview of our work to date, with recommendations for the future. Read the Aidinfo Evaluation Final Report. [more]

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Published: 09/06/2011
Pages: 30
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International Aid and Transparency

International aid and transparency – an overview

We’ve put together a set of narrated presentations. They take a look at  how aid transparency works, what it means for governments and citizens, why it’s beneficial and how the International Aid Transparency Initiative is involved. This presentation is the first of two, watch this space for the second installment… Watch the presentation here. [more]

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Published: 03/02/2011
Pages: 11
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The International Aid Transparency Initiative explained

This presentation was given by our director, Tony German, at the 2010 Partos conference in the Netherlands. These notes will give you a broad overview of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), looking at: Why increased aid transparency matters; What IATI is and what it does; Who is involved in IATI; How it will work…. [more]

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Published: 04/11/2010
Pages: 9
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Technical Innovations Paper

This 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. [more]

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Published: 08/09/2010
Pages: 27
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Review of IATI standards

In May 2010, we commissioned an independent consultant to carry out a review of the International Aid Transparency Initiative’s (IATI) standards. The overall aim was to ensure that the IATI standards are as effective as possible in granting aid-recipient countries access to meaningful information. In particular, this was based on needs identified by aid-recipient countries… [more]

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Published: 27/05/2010
Pages: 16
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Show Me The Money

In arguing the case for aid transparency, aidinfo states that the flow of aid should be traced at every step of the process, from the time it is released by the donor, through every organisation involved and in all geographical locations, until it reaches the ground. [more]

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Published: 08/03/2010
Pages: 8
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Why is Aid Transparency important for reducing poverty?

In this briefing paper we examine why aid transparency is important in the fight against poverty. We consider the challenges the aid community faces in bringing about transparency, looking at why an international standard is so crucial in this process. [more]

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Published: 05/12/2009
Pages: 6
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Costs and Benefits Analysis

This paper sets out the costs and benefits of greater aid transparency. We believe this is the first effort of its kind, and it aims to assemble what is known and stimulate further research. We estimate that it will cost the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) signatories a total of $6m to implement IATI. The… [more]

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Published: 20/10/2009
Pages: 19
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