By Toby McIntosh The World Bank has provided a smidgen of new information about the probable disclosure of the “GEMs” database, but also left many…
A handful of governments still resist making public the detailed reports on their economies done by the International Monetary Fund. Publication of the documents is…
By Toby McIntosh I started collecting news articles based on access to information requests after a speaker at a conference wondered if anyone had any…
By Toby McIntosh The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is planning to create a detailed methodology for assessing the implementation of national access…
By Toby McIntosh There’s a transparency subtext to a scoop by Colum Lynch in Devex about a United Nations report that documents the theft of…
By Toby McIntosh When read through a transparency lens, the recent UN “global stocktake” report identifies numerous information gaps related to climate change. Some of…
By Toby McIntosh The UN Environment Programme’s access to information system is dysfunctional. This conclusion is based on personal experience. During 2023, I filed four…
By Peter Ungphakorn The following article is reprinted with permission from Trade β Blog, an independent blog started by Peter Ungphakorn, who worked at the WTO…
By Toby McIntosh The Green Climate Fund Board has excluded its internal watchdog from any further role in reviewing a controversial project in Nicaragua. The…
By Toby McIntosh Less than half of United Nations agencies have access to information policies, according to a survey by Eye on Global Transparency. Setting…