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 World Bank improperly refused to release more than 100 documents, according to a ruling by the Access to Information Appeals Board…
By Toby McIntosh Agendas and meeting summaries provide only limited transparency unless the documents discussed and the agreements reached are also disclosed. This significant relationship…
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…
UNESCO has launched a new survey asking governments about their laws on access to information and how they are being implemented. UNESCO is the “custodian…
By Toby McIntosh UNESCO is preparing a new survey that may shed more light on whether government record-keeping systems are adequate to assess the implementation…
(This article has been changed since publication to indicate that so far the reports are being made public. – Ed.) “A key tool” used 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…
A significant gap exists between policy and implementation. That’s a major finding from new research into whether development finance institutions (DFIs) share information about their…
By Toby McIntosh The International Civil Aviation Organization has taken a significant step toward more transparency by publishing summaries of its closed Council meetings. In…