Transparency for Global Development
Jeremy Weinstein, Director for Democracy on the National Security Staff and Robynn Sturm, Advisor to the Deputy Director in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy blog about the...
View ArticleCRS, XML, IATI — What’s The Big Difference?
Please see below for a guest post from Andrew Clarke, Advocacy Manager at Publish What You Fund. Considering the variety of different types of data publications available, IATI is the most effective...
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From day one: Transparency at the heart
See below for a guest post from Ben Leo, ONE’s global policy director, and Lauren Pfeifer, ONE’s policy associate on the Transparency and Accountability Team. *** On President Obama’s first day in...
View ArticleUSGLC Report Finds Consensus on U.S. Development Policy
Partisanship in Washington seems to be at an all-time (and ever escalating) high these days. But when it comes to international development, there is a strong consensus across the ideological spectrum...
View ArticleMFAN Statement: Poe, Rubio Bills Would Strengthen Foreign Assistance...
July 10, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs David Beckmann, George Ingram and Jim Kolbe: MFAN applauds...
View ArticleUSAID Adds Financial Transaction Data to Dashboard
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced the latest addition to the agency’s contribution to the Foreign Assistance Dashboard, going live with a new set of over 50,000...
View ArticleOpen the books on foreign aid
See below for excerpts from an op-ed by Albert Kan-Dapaah, co-founder and executive director of Financial Accountability & Transparency-Africa and former Ghanaian minister and parliamentarian. This...
View ArticleU.S. Pace on Aid Transparency Won’t Cut it for 2015 Deadline
Development leaders from around the globe will gather in Mexico City next week for the first high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. The Global Partnership...
View ArticleForeignAssistance.gov Is Getting Bigger; Here’s How to Make It Better
See below for a guest post from Sarah Rose, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Global Development. The piece originally appeared on CGD’s blog on June 23rd. *** We’re getting closer to knowing how...
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Sampling IATI data round 1: Lessons learned
See below for a guest post from Ruth Salmon, Research Assistant at Publish What You Fund. Salmon is the lead on data collection for the 2014 Aid Transparency Index. This post originally appeared on...
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A tailored U.S. extension adds value, but our work isn’t done yet
See below for a guest post from Catalina Reyes, Senior Advocacy Associate at Publish What You Fund. *** When the U.S. made its first foray into the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), it...
View ArticleIncentivizing Transparency
Please see below for a guest post from MFAN’s Accountability Working Group Co-Chairs, Diana Ohlbaum and Lori Rowley. Ohlbaum is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Websites
Please see below for a guest post from MFAN’s Accountability Working Group Co-Chairs, Diana Ohlbaum and Lori Rowley. Ohlbaum is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies...
View ArticleRoot, root, root….for transparency
See below for a post by MFAN Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette. *** We at MFAN have been eagerly anticipating the beginning of October. Not just because of playoff baseball...
View ArticleInterAction Moves Forward On Transparency
See below for a guest post from Laia Grino, Senior Manager for Transparency, Accountability and Results at InterAction. This post originally appeared on InterAction’s blog on October 7th. *** This...
View ArticleA Race to the Top: The 2014 Aid Transparency Index and Why it Matters
See below for a guest post from Sarah Lucas, Program Officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. This piece originally appeared on the Hewlett Foundation’s blog on October 16. *** The United...
View ArticleAnother step forward by USAID on the road to aid transparency
See below for a guest post from Sally Paxton, U.S. Representative for Publish What You Fund and member of MFAN’s Accountability Working Group, on USAID’s recently released IATI Cost Management Plan....
View ArticleMFAN Letter to the NSC on the Open Government Partnership U.S. National...
October 2, 2015 Ms. Mary Beth Goodman Senior Director National Security Council The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Ms. Goodman: We at the Modernizing Foreign...
View ArticleStatement: MFAN Applauds Introduction of the Bipartisan Foreign Aid...
October 20, 2015 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette MFAN welcomes...
View ArticleMFAN Applauds Passage of Foreign Aid Transparency Bill by House Foreign...
November 5, 2015 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette Today the...
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