2018 Aid Transparency Index: Progress to date and new frontiers of aid and development data

Workers load humanitarian aid from United Nations onto a plane for Syrian families, in Arbil airport, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad, December 15, 2013. The United Nations sent its first delivery of humanitarian aid by air to Syria from Iraq on Sunday and said it plans to deliver more food and winter supplies to the mainly Kurdish northeast in the next 12 days. The first cargo plane carrying food took off from Arbil in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region and will make a one-hour flight to Hassakeh in Syria. The food supplies over the next 12 days should be able to feed more than 6,000 Syrian families for the rest of December, the U.N.'s World Food Programme said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY TRANSPORT) - GM1E9CF1TLI01

Today’s aid and development actors, including humanitarian agencies and development finance institutions, operate in a far more complex landscape than 10 years ago when the drive for aid transparency gained momentum. This makes transparency more critical now than ever. To have the biggest possible impact on communities in need, it is vital that all aid and … Continue reading 2018 Aid Transparency Index: Progress to date and new frontiers of aid and development data