Aid Transparency Index 2012 Publish What You Fund Aid Transparency Index I Acknowledgements This is the third Publish What You Fund report looking at donors’ aid transparency and the second index that compares actual levels. It follows on from our 2010 Aid Transparency Assessment and 2011 Pilot Aid Transparency Index. The main finding of the 2010 Assessment was that there was a lack of comparable and primary data available on aid transparency. We attempted to address that finding in the 2011 Index by piloting a disaggregated way of assessing the transparency of donors using primary data collected via an evidence-based survey. In 2012, we have built on that methodology and assessed more organisations, allowing us to reflect more systematically on donors’ progress in putting aid transparency commitments into practice. The authors are grateful to the many people involved • Nathalie Beghin, Instituto de Estudos • Nicole Neumeister, Re-Action UK (for GAVI and the in helping produce this Index. Particular thanks Socioeconômicos (for Brazil) Global Fund) goes to the peer reviewers who have advised on • E sol Cho, ODA Watch (for Korea-KOICA and EDCF) • Javier Pereira, Eurodad: The European Network on the approach and methodology. Their constructive • Pedro Cruz, Plataforma Portuguesa de ONGD (for Debt and Development (for EC-DEVCO and World feedback and practical suggestions were gratefully Portugal) Bank-IDA/IBRD) received. The 2012 peer reviewers included: • Zuzana Dudová, FoRS – Czech Forum for • Laura Peterson, Taxpayers for Common Sense (for • Laurence Chandy, Brookings Institution Development Co-operation (for Czech Republic) U.S.-Defense) • Karin Christiansen, Board member, Publish What • Casey Dunning, Center for Global Development • Lauren Pfeifer, ONE (for USAID) You Fund (for U.S.-MCC) • Anita Ramšak, Ekvilib Institute and Dunja Segrt, • Julia Clark, Center for Global Development • Jessica Espey, Save the Children (for UNICEF) SLOGA – Slovenian Global Action (Slovenia) • Stephen Davenport, Development Gateway • Sven Grimm, Stellenbosch University (for China) • Fraser Reilly-King, Canadian Council for International Co-operation (for Canada) • Jörg Faust, German Development Institute • Tanja Hafner Ademi, Balkan CSD (for • Christoffer Ringnes Klyve, Utviklingsfondet (for • Hazel Feigenblatt, Global Integrity EC- En l a rg e m e nt) Norway) • Brian Hammond, consultant, IATI Secretariat • Anna Hamer-Adams and Pedram Pirnia, Council for International Development (for New Zealand) • Anna Roggenbuck, CEE BankWatch Network (for • Daniel Kaufmann, Revenue Watch Institute • Héloïse Heyer and Flore Tixier, Coordination SUD EBRD and EIB) • Richard Manning, independent consultant (for France-AFD, MAE and MINEFI) • Owen Ryan, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS • Afshin Mehrpouya, HEC Paris • Robert Hodosi, Hungarian Association of NGOs for Research (for U.S.-PEPFAR) • Rita Perakis, Center for Global Development Development and Humanitarian Aid (for Hungary) • Francesco De Simone, Transparency International • Paolo de Renzio, International Budget Partnership, • Garth Luke, World Vision Australia (for Australia) U.S.A (for U.S.-Treasury) Center on Budget and Policy Priorities • Nicola McIvor, UK Aid Network (for UK-CDC, DECC, • Ieva Snikersproge, LAPAS – The Latvian Platform • Rob Tew, Development Initiatives DFID, FCO and MOD) for Development Cooperation (for Latvia) • Peter Sörbom, CONCORD Sweden (for Sweden) We are hugely grateful to the 35 organisations that • Patrice McDermott, OpenTheGovernment.org (for completed Aid Transparency Tracker surveys: U.S.-State) • Jan Stiefel, AidRating (for Switzerland) • Megumi Misuzawa, Japan NGO Center for • Yiouli Taki, INDEX: Research and Dialogue (for • Evelin Andrespok, Estonian Roundtable for International Cooperation (for Japan-JICA Cyprus) Development Cooperation (for Estonia) and MFA) • Marc Woodall, Concord Danmark (for Denmark) • Joe Athialy, Chad Dobson, Amy Ekdawi and Andrea Surette, Bank Information Center (for World Bank IFC) II Acknowledgements • Oumou Zé, CNCD–11.11.11 (for Belgium) • New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAID) We are particularly grateful to Erin Coppin for her • Hans Zomer, Dóchas (for Ireland) • Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs advice on methodological approaches and support with data collection and analysis. Special thanks also Thank you also to the 44 donor organisations that • Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Nicholas Winnett for his research support with engaged in the Aid Transparency Tracker survey by • Portuguese Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e Tracker surveys; to our consultants Maya Forstater, reviewing completed surveys for their organisations and da Língua Sally Paxton, Liz Steele and Debbie Warrener; to Josh providing clarifications on the responses. These were: • Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Powell at Development Gateway for advising on • Adaptation Fund • Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs statistical analysis; and to David French at Echelon • African Development Bank (AfDB) • Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) Creative. Without them this index would not have • Asian Development Bank (AsDB) • United Kingdom CDC Group (CDC) been possible. And last but by no means least, thank you to the Publish What You Fund team, all of whom • AusAID • United Kingdom Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have been involved in this project. • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • United Kingdom Department for International • Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) James Aufricht, Mark Brough, Andrew Clarke and Development (DFID) • CyprusAid Rachel Rank • United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth • Danida, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark Office (FCO) September 2012 • Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) • European Bank for Reconstruction and • United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Development (EBRD) • United States Department of Defense (DOD) • European Commission, DG Development and • United States Department of State Cooperation (DG DEVCO) • United States Department of the Treasury • European Commission, Foreign Policy Instruments Service(FPI) European Commission, DG • United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) Copyright Publish What You Fund 2012. This work is released • European Investment Bank (EIB) • United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, and can Relief (PEPFAR) be freely copied, redistributed and reused, with appropriate • Global Environment Facility (GEF) • William and Flora Hewlett Foundation citation of Publish What You Fund. • Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) • World Bank International Development Association • Irish Aid Publish What You Fund is the global campaign for aid and International Bank for Reconstruction and transparency. We work to make available and accessible Aid Transparency Index • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Development (IDA/IBRD) comprehensive, timely and comparable information about • Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs • World Bank International Finance Corporation (IFC) foreign aid. The campaign seeks to empower civil society • Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) advocates, parliamentarians and officials with information, • Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs both in aid recipient countries and the donor countries working with them. We receive financial support from the • Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Open Society Foundations, the William and Flora Hewlett • Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foundation, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Development Initiatives, ONE, Save the Children, Tiri, WaterAid and World Vision. Publish What Fund You Publish What You Fund Aid Transparency Index III Contents Acknowledgements i France 53 Spain – Spanish Agency for International French Development Agency 53 Development Cooperation 65 Table of contents III Ministry of Economy and Finance 54 Sweden – Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency 66 Acronyms and Abbreviations V Ministry of Foreign Affairs 54 Germany – GIZ 55 Switzerland – Swiss Agency for Executive summary 1 Development and Cooperation 66 Greece – HellenicAid 55 United Kingdom 67 Section 1. Approach and Methodology 9 Hungary – Ministry of Foreign Affairs 56 Department of Energy and Climate Change 68 Section 2. The Aid Transparency Indicators 23 Ireland – Irish Aid 56 Department for International Development 68 Italy – Ministry of Foreign Affairs 57 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 69 Section 3. Results 32 Japan 57 Ministry of Defence 69 Section 4. Individual Organisation Profiles 45 Japan International Cooperation Agency 58 United States 70 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 58 Department of Defense 71 Bilateral donor organisations 46 Department of State 71 Australia – Australian Agency for Korea – Korea International Department of the Treasury 72 International Development 47 Cooperation Agency 59 Millennium Challenge Corporation 72 Austria – Austrian Development Agency 47 Latvia – Ministry of Foreign Affairs 59 President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 73 Lithuania – Ministry of Foreign Affairs 60 Belgium – Belgian Development Agency 48 U.S. Agency for International Development 73 Brazil – Brazilian Cooperation Agency 48 Luxembourg – Lux-Development 60 Multilateral donor organisations 74 Bulgaria – Ministry of Foreign Affairs 49 Malta – Ministry of Foreign Affairs 61 African Development Bank 75 Canada – Canadian International Netherlands