By Toby McIntosh The World Bank, or maybe Sierra Leone, has denied access to a document that could shed light on the use of Bank…
Category: Covid-19 Transparency
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank is denying access to documents about its reviews of contracts using Bank funds, and to the contracts themselves. The…
By Toby McIntosh Although many intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have adopted access to information policies, many have not, and the policies that do exist are proving…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank has declined to disclose a copy of a contract awarded by Sierra Leone to monitor its Covid-19 spending. Releasing…
By Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund’s efforts to improve national transparency concerning Covid-19 spending have met with mixed success, according to two evaluations by…
The World Bank on Feb. 23 said “exceptional circumstances” justify secrecy for documents about its review of a contract to audit Sierra Leone’s use of…
By Toby McIntosh UNICEF, a key partner in the international effort to procure Covid-19 vaccines “will publish relevant details” on the contracts, “subject to the…
By Toby McIntosh Contracts to buy Covid-19 vaccines are being kept secret, completely or substantially, by the global purchasing entity started by the World Health…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank has begun disclosing more information about its scrutiny of how governments spend Bank funds. The Bank is now revealing…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank has publicly disclosed information about only 14 percent of the contracts signed by African governments to fight Covid-19 with…