Transparency in UK aid

This review for the Independent Commission for Aid Impact found that aid transparency plays a fundamental role in the UK’s commitment to providing high quality and accountable development assistance. However, a recent decline in aid transparency risks sending a signal that the UK’s commitment to excellence in development cooperation is waning.

Related press coverage:

• New foreign secretary James Cleverly must tackle UK aid transparency crisis, Open Democracy

• Overseas aid spending a mess since Foreign Office put in charge, watchdog warns, The Independent

• UK aid watchdog right to criticise ‘slapdash’ Foreign Office approach, campaigners say, Global Justice Now

• FCDO criticised for UK aid transparency failings– reaction from Bond, the UK network of NGOs, Politics.co.uk