democratizing development through open data aid transparency and what do we need to make open data...
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Democratizing Development through Open Data
Aid transparency and what do we need to make open data work for CSOs?
Karin ChristiansenSpring Meetings, DC, 13th April 2011
What do CSO need from open aid data?
1. Information on aid should be published proactively
2. Information on aid should be comprehensive, timely, accessible & comparable
3. Everyone can request and receive information on aid
4. The right of access to information about aid should be promoted
(mock up)
Publish many times, use rarely
Publish Once, Use Often
A project in DFID’s project-level database
The same DFID project in the IATI XML format
So what do we know about aid transparency so far?
Aid Transparency Assessment 20102011 Aid Transparency Tracker Plans
Aid Transparency Assessment 2010
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Bank
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Norway UN
Denmark
German
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10%
20%
30%
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Spain GAVI
France
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Austria
Japan
0%
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Aid Transparency Assessment 2010: Findings
Finding 1: There is a lack of comparable and primary data
Finding 2: There is wide variation in levels of donor transparency, across different types of donors
Finding 3: There are significant weaknesses across indicators
1st attempt: Aid Transparency Tracker• Sampled: for each donor, 1 country and 1 project• Three parts:– Organisation-level information– Country-level information– Activity (or project)-level information
• For each piece of info:– Is it published? (Y/N)
• systematically for all recipients/projects all of the time• just for some recipients/projects some of the time?
– If you don’t publish it, do you collect it?– Evidence: show where this information is (the URL)
Preliminary Results
What needs to happen next?
• More donors sign up to the international standard
• Sorting budget compatibility• IATI implementation• Busan/HLF4• Support civil society & analysts to use it• And: DEMAND IT
Organisation-level questions• Does this donor publish aid allocation policies and
procedures?• Does this donor publish its procurement
procedures?• Does this donor publish the total development
budget for the next three years, as submitted to parliament?
• Does this donor publish their annual forward planning budget for assistance for the next three years?
Country-level questionsChoose your donor’s biggest recipient country
(e.g., India). Then answer these questions:• Does this donor publish the country strategy
paper for India?• Does this donor publish forward planning
budget or documents for the institutions they fund in India for the next three years?
• Does this donor publish its annual audit of its aid programmes in India?
Activity-level questions• This is the specific detail about aid flows, needed for
informed decisions about where aid is / should be going
• This is the level needed for coordination, alignment, results/evaluation, ownership, and esp. accountability
• E.g. Is it good use of Polish aid to build a school in Gikongoro or Butare? – USAID is already building a school in Gikongoro. – The Rwandan government can support the ongoing cost
of only one school – in Butare or Gikongoro.
Degree of Aid Dependence
No of Coun-tries
Ave OBI Score
Countries
HighAid>10% of GNI
18 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Honduras, Kyrgyz, Republic, Liberia, Malawi, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
MediumAid>5%&<10% of GNI
12 28 Albania, Angola, Bolivia, Cameroon, Georgia, Jordan, Macedonia, Nepal, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Sudan, Vietnam
LowAid <5% of GNI
45 45 Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen
Overall 75 32
IATI Signatories1. World Bank2. Asian Development Bank3. The European Commission (EC)4. United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)5. Global Alliance for Vaccines &
Immunisation (GAVI)6. Hewlett Foundation7. Australia - AusAID8. Denmark - Ministry of Foreign
Affairs9. Finland - Ministry for Foreign
Affairs10. Germany - Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperatn & Dev (BMZ)
11. Ireland - Irish Aid12. Netherlands – Dutch Ministry of
Foreign Affairs – Development Cooperation
13. New Zealand – NZAID14. Norway - Norad15. Spain – Spain Ministry of Foreign
Affairs & Cooperation16. Sweden - SIDA17. Switzerland - Swiss Agency for
Development & Cooperation (SDC)
18. UK - DFIDAND US &France
IATI Endorsers
1. Sierra Leone2. Liberia3. Bangladesh4. Honduras5. Republic of Congo6. Democratic Republic of
Congo7. Ghana8. Rwanda9. Indonesia
10. Nepal11. Viet Nam12. Papua New Guinea13. Moldova14. Montenegro15. Colombia16. Burkina Faso17. Malawi18. The Dominican Republic19. Syria
