Applause for USAID
When the US made the important commitment to aid transparency in Busan in 2011, it was applauded as a significant step toward more...

The Stats behind the Soundbites: What does IATI say about US foreign assistance?
The 2018 foreign assistance cuts proposed by the Trump Administration have set off significant debates about the priorities for US...
The Grand Bargain: is the transparency commitment set to be ‘win-win’ for all concerned?
We need the few giants to look past self-interest and towards building the humanitarian system of tomorrow, creating a win-win situation...
USAID can take transparency to the next level
It is an anxious time. The development community is fraught over a complex of issues, only a few of which are the 20 million people...
Publish What You Fund launches new Index data quality tool and technical consultation
Publish What You Fund has launched a new online tool that allows aid and development finance publishers to independently check the...
How can the new U.S. administration make aid more effective?
America has just come through a grueling, divisive election. While President-elect Trump has articulated views on various domestic and...
The case for gender data from Côte d’Ivoire
This guest blog was written by Rosemonde APATA, President of MAFUBO Côte d’Ivoire -- a non-profit which works to ensure Ivorian women are...
Transparency: What is Next?
A few days ago Friends of Publish What You Fund published an independent assessment focused on the progress made by U.S. government...
U.S. aid transparency: Looking back but pushing forward
Over the past decade aid transparency has moved from being a little-known concept to the norm. The value of making timely and accurate...