Transparency

More from the Series

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Secret Electricity Contracts Hurt Consumers, Citizens, and Climate
September 01, 2021
In 2019, Ghana paid an estimated $620 million for electricity that the country did not need or use. That’s a sign of the damage done by secret deals for power.
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In the Secretive World of Government-to-Government Lending, 100 Chinese Debt Contracts Offer a Trove of New Information
March 31, 2021
Is Chinese financing good for developing countries? Taking stock of China’s lending activities has long been hindered by the lack of publicly available data on dimensions like loan volumes and interest rates, let alone more esoteric features like loan collateral or default contingencies. A path...
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The White House and the World: Practical Proposals for Resetting US Engagement in Developing Countries
December 03, 2020
When President-Elect Biden takes office in January, he will face a daunting set of challenges in the US wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. His administration’s core agenda will necessarily be shaped by the twin imperatives of containing the virus itself and supporting Americans as they weather the ec...
WHITE HOUSE AND THE WORLD POLICY BRIEFS
A Domestic Financial Transparency Agenda for Stronger Development Outcomes
December 03, 2020
The Biden administration has a unique window to capitalize on pro-transparency sentiment at home, and the reform momentum abroad, to implement a series of much-needed updates to the US domestic financial transparency apparatus.
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Aid Transparency During COVID-19: Henry Asor Nkang and Gary Forster on the CGD Podcast
July 29, 2020
Henry Asor Nkang from Nigeria's Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning and Publish What You Fund CEO Gary Forster join me on the podcast to discuss the current state of aid data transparency, the impacts of the pandemic, and how countries and donors can use data to improve developme...
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Welcome Transparency on Debt from the World Bank
June 23, 2020
The World Bank has just released country-by-country data on the debt owed to individual creditors by the 73 countries eligible to participate in the G20-sponsored debt service suspension initiative.