Campaigning for aid & development transparency. Using data to share understanding of spending & impact. Working on #localisation #mobilisation #DFIs #Gender
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Credit (risk) where it’s due #GEMS #MDB - Publish What You Fund @aidtransparency @el_BID @BIDInvest @EBRD @ADB_HQ @WorldBank publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/…
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We welcome today's @aidtransparency report and the fact many departments are becoming more transparent about their aid spend. But ICAI has long called for greater transparency around the Home Office's use of aid for domestic refugee costs and will continue to monitor this closely
📢UK aid transparency is improving, with 1 exception.
🔎Our new report finds most UK gov depts now publish more data on their aid spending, but transparency dipped sharply between 2020-25. The Home Office, despite £2.3bn in ODA, is opaque about its aid.
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ALT Table showing the progress of government departments since they were last assessed. Seven departments have progressed. These are Department for Education, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Social Care, Integrated security fund, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. One department - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - has maintained their transparency. One department – Home Office – has decreased.
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Today's report from @aidtransparency finds that the Home Office has become less transparent about its aid spending – despite spending £2.3bn of the UK’s aid budget in 2024.
Bond's CEO, @romilly_bond, calls on the Home Office to address transparency gaps: bond.org.uk/press-releases/2…
📢UK aid transparency is improving, with 1 exception.
🔎Our new report finds most UK gov depts now publish more data on their aid spending, but transparency dipped sharply between 2020-25. The Home Office, despite £2.3bn in ODA, is opaque about its aid.
publishwhatyoufund.org/downl…
ALT Table showing the progress of government departments since they were last assessed. Seven departments have progressed. These are Department for Education, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Social Care, Integrated security fund, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. One department - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - has maintained their transparency. One department – Home Office – has decreased.
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🌍 Who’s driving Gender Equality worldwide?
#IATI data shows thousands of efforts advancing gender equality across the globe🔎
☑️ 143,000+ development & humanitarian activities
☑️ 497 organisations — governments, multilaterals & NGOs — reporting their work on gender equality
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We are honored that @aidtransparency has recognized our progress on accountability & impact, but there is more to be done.
We will continue to improve how we measure, gauge, & communicate the direction and pace of progress in tackling global challenges.
🚨 The 2025 DFI Transparency Index is here! Transparency is improving. But it’s not yet enough.
We’ve evaluated 32 of the world’s leading development finance institution (DFI) portfolios, and while most have made real strides in data quality, accessibility, and harmonisation, critical gaps remain — especially in climate finance, impact, mobilisation and assurance of community disclosure.
📊 Key findings:
@WorldBank ranks #1 for sovereign portfolio transparency, followed by @ADB_HQ and @AfDB_Group.
For non-sovereign portfolios, Asian Development Bank leads, followed by @IFC_org and African Development Bank.
🇬🇧 @BritishIntInv is the top bilateral non-sovereign DFI.
The only DFI that did not improve its 2023 score? 🇺🇸 @DFCgov.
These findings matter. Greater transparency facilitates smarter investment decisions that build markets, drive development and strengthen accountability.
📥 Read the full report: publishwhatyoufund.org/downl…
👉 Explore our analysis of all the DFIs: publishwhatyoufund.org/dfi-i…
📅 Join the launch today (Thursday 26 June) at 2.30pm BST:
odi.org/en/events/launch-of-…
#2025Index #DevelopmentFinance #Transparency #ImpactInvesting #Accountability #ClimateFinance
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#DFIs move billions in the name of development. But try asking who benefits, what counts as “climate,” or where the money really goes and it gets quiet.
The 2025 DFI Transparency Index just dropped. Some progress. Still too much fog. Well done @aidtransparency!
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Development finance can’t unlock private capital without transparency. The 2025 DFI Index shows progress, but major data gaps persist. Rhetoric alone won’t mobilise billions, so action and openness are essential.
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🔵Presentación del Primer Informe de Transparencia de CAF |📊 Implementamos la metodología de PublishWhatYouFund @aidtransparency para medir y compartir el flujo de recursos y el impacto de nuestras operaciones, demostrando cómo la cooperación entre países impulsa el desarrollo.
📂 Todos los documentos están disponibles en nuestra web, junto con canales de interacción MRAS y una línea de denuncias para reforzar la confianza y la participación ciudadana.
Estamos en vivo: caf.com/es/actualidad/evento…
Presentación del Primer Informe de Transparencia de CAF: Un hito de alto nivel para el desarrollo y la confianza en América Latina y el Caribe nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1djxXVyAv…
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In detailed recommendations released today, MFAN urges the Administration and Congress to establish a new development and humanitarian structure in the State Department by creating a Deputy Secretary for Development and Humanitarian Affairs.
Read more: cdn.prod.website-files.com/6…
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What is the future of US foreign aid after the Trump administration's sweeping changes?
George Ingram discusses the economic and geopolitical consequences, the US political landscape, and how the media affects public perceptions: brookings.edu/articles/the-f…
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🗣️ Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble. buff.ly/Kyd35d2
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Sad to see the ATI paused due to aid cuts. As @PublishWhatYouFund highlighted, that's a big blow. We can't abandon transparency now. Aid is vital for public goods, & researchers must step up to fill the data gap. doi.org/10.1002/jid.3762 #AidTransparency #GlobalDev #Accountability
We’re disappointed to announce that the 2026 Aid Transparency Index is cancelled.
@garyjforster tells @devex what this means for #AidTransparency:
devex.com/news/opinion-the-2…
#GlobalDev #ForeignAid #Transparency
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The index, published every two years since 2012, was unable to secure funding for another edition. devex.com/news/aid-transpare…
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Dear Foundations, we can do better than this. And we need to. USAID is gone, and in the last 10 minutes the UK government has announced a cut in UK aid to 0.3%. Local organisations are relying on you.
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Free training! Learn to use @IATI_aid , the leading global open aid dataset, with @aidtransparency ’s online training.
Boost your data skills & #transparency efforts!
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#AidTransparency #IATI #OpenData #DataForGood
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The claim that only 10% of USAID money reaches its intended beneficiaries is plain wrong.
@rachelbnfield & @JustinSandefur look at where the figure originates, why it doesn’t show what the critics claim, & why it offers no pretext for shutting down USAID:
bit.ly/40Pb4EO
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⚠️Today's 2023 #aid data from @OECDdev exposes a need for more democratic governance of #DevelopmentCooperation.
#FfD4 is an opportunity for #aid community to align rich countries' behaviours w/ already agreed-to aid effectiveness principles. More ➡️ow.ly/v3hy50UHFkB
ALT It remains highly problematic that donor countries are continuing to turn inwards and become recipients of their own aid, either through in-donor refugee costs, by supporting their own private sector, or by tying their aid. Matthew Simonds Eurodad
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.@aidtransparency report contradicts MDBs & DFI’s arguments that lack of transparency on investments results from private sector confidentiality concerns, as @WorldBank raises its bet on ‘billion to trillion’ agenda.
More in #ObserverWinter24: tinyurl.com/PWYFReport
ALT New report debunks claims that inadequate MDB transparency results from private sector concerns Photo: Redacted version of a document. Credit: Studio_loona/ Shutterstock
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Important findings in @PublishWhatYouFund’s new report underscore need for donors to re-up their commitments to localization. And kudos to @USAID; its structured approach offers valuable lessons for other donors on tracking local funding.
🌍Leading donors have endorsed many global commitments on #localisation and increasing funding to local organisations, but our new study “Commitments Without Accountability” finds most have not matched these pledges with efforts to track and report local funding.
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🔍A new report by @aidtransparency calls for detailed disclosure of private #capitalmobilisation data so that stakeholders can understand what works 🤔, & what doesn’t. Read their recommendations for better disclosure to benefit all #stakeholders. shorturl.at/PSUiL (1/2)👇
