#AfDB ranks 8th in Aid Transparency Index 2014 On Wednesday, October 8, Publish What You Fund launched its annual Aid Transparency Index* (ATI) in Washington, DC. The index shows the African Development Bank (AfDB) is one of the strongest performers on transparency, ranking in the top 10 of 68 donors. The AfDB has made significant progress to improve the transparency of its aid information since 2013. Gaining over 10 percentage points from last year, the AfDB’s ATI score for 2014 is 74.52%, placing it securely in 8th position on the list, at the top of the list of Good performers. AfDB was the first multilateral development bank to provide private sector and precise geographical data through International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) when it began publish its data in July 2013. In 2014, the AfDB’s IATI publication was expanded to include 12 additional information fields and it updated its implementation schedule to include plans to publish to 94% of the assessed IATI fields by the end of 2015 in line with the Busan transparency commitments. Rachel Rank, Director at Publish What You Fund, pointed to the AfDB’s progress in transparency as an example during the launch of the 2014 ATI, saying that “progress can be made and can be made quickly”. [...] Read the full article: bit.ly/1pVDpPz Have a look tat the overall results of the Aid Transparency Index 2014: bit.ly/1sbeWdJ
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:44:04 +0000
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