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Pont Neuf, Paris ©StephaneMartin, Flickr

Post-Busan group meet for the first time in Paris

NewsViews Published: 15/02/2012

The Busan Partnership Interim Group (BPIG) met for the first time earlier this week in Paris to decide what the post-Busan architecture on aid effectiveness will look like. As well as looking at how the Busan Partnership will be implemented and managed, they are also making the important decision of what indicators will be used… [more]

Nepal, Pattan Durbar Square © ngotoh, Flickr

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]

A view of the 4th High Level Forum in Busan

The open data revolution comes to aid – Guest blog from Owen Barder

Views Published: 29/11/2011

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]

Pupils wash their hands before lunch at Villeneuve d'Ascq de Demontreuil community school in Bas Cap Rouge, near Jacmel. CIDA-funded projects have provided psychosocial support for children, encouraging them to return to school after the earthquake. ©ACDI-CIDA, Jean-Francois LeBlanc

Canada makes transparency announcement from Busan

News Published: 29/11/2011

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]

The agreement on a common, open standard for publishing aid information means that stakeholders in developing countries will be able to track how aid money is spent, and then hold donors accountable. This will ensure that services, such as this school in Africa's largest slum Kibera, receive the funding and support that's rightly theirs ©khym54, Flickr

Kenyans demand transparency about public spending

News Published: 28/11/2011

Kenyan citizens are increasingly calling for access to clear and reliable information on public spending, including expenditure that is funded from international aid. Our latest collection of case studies and videos from Kenya attempts to increase our understanding of the issues facing citizens and civil society organisations (CSOs) who wish to access information about public spending,… [more]

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