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]
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]
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]
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]