Publish What You Fund’s launch of the bi-annual Aid transparency Index is today. So how has the UK faired against its transparency commitments? Elma Jenkins takes us through the numbers.
Following today’s release of the government’s National Action Plan 6, Elma Jenkins of Publish What You Fund and Bond’s Transparency Working Group looks at the commitments made, and what the FCDO and other departments will have to do to honour them.
What is Official Development Assistance (ODA) and why must transparency in ODA remain at the forefront of the UK’s international development work?
After a difficult few years for UK aid advocates, there have recently been signs that FCDO might be on the verge of turning a corner. Here are some of the positives emerging from the FCDO’s annual report 22-23.
The Civil 7, known as the C7, is one of the official Engagement Groups of the G7 and represents positions…
The UK government has published two sets of data which provide information on how ODA is being spent and on what. Here’s what the data tell us about the government’s priority and strategy.
Development Initiatives’ (DI) Euan Ritchie explains how donors counted vaccines as Official Development Assistance in 2021, and why the current OECD DAC rules on counting vaccines should change to stop inflating aid. Originally published on the DI website.
Changes in recent years, including the merger of DFID and FCO, Official Development Assistance (ODA) cuts and the new International…
The 2021-22 FCDO Annual Report and Accounts proved to be a missed opportunity to deliver on transparency and provide public data on planned ODA spending, as well as for which departments. So, what did we learn and what should we keep an eye out for?
