Donor aid New frontiers in transparency and accountability

A lack of transparency and accountability in the aid system causes (at least) three inter-related problems. The first is the ‘efficiency problem’: when aid is opaque and unaccountable, funds are more likely to go astray (through corruption or inefficiency) between donors and the ultimate or intended beneficiaries. The second is the ‘effectiveness problem’: when aid… Read More Donor aid New frontiers in transparency and accountability

3. July 2012 Karsten Weitzenegger

Open Data in Development Aid

This European Public Sector Information Platform topic report focuses on the question of how improved access to and analysis of data can help increase transparency, accountability and effectiveness in development aid and development co-‐operation. Development aid and co-‐operation is a complex issue and subject to multiple in-‐depth studies and research. This topic report focuses on… Read More Open Data in Development Aid

3. July 2012 Karsten Weitzenegger1 Comment