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…
Tracking decision-making at the World Trade Organization, never easy, got harder this year. The chairs of three major negotiations have opted not disclose “draft texts”…
The International Maritime Organization has adopted a policy on access to information with exceptions that likely will prevent disclosure of documents about policies under consideration,…
Development finance institutions provide very little information about investments they make through private sector financial institutions, according to a detailed comparison done by Publish What…
Six major philanthropies funding international projects to promote transparency and accountability have released a database of the projects they are supporting. The assembled list of…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank was slow to respond when Tanzania proposed, in 2018, to set criminal penalties for critics of official statistics, according…
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…