[open-development] Oxfam report on making aid more effective?

Wed Aug 19 09:34:46 UTC 2009

This was a report which Oxfam published last year which they may have been
referring to:
http://www.oxfam.org/en/policy/bpACBAR_aid_effectiveness_paper_0803

<http://www.oxfam.org/en/policy/bpACBAR_aid_effectiveness_paper_0803>In the
past I have asked Oxfam about their policy on transparency but have had
underwhelming responses. They may have updated their position since then.
http://thatsthewaythemoneygoes.blogspot.com/2007/09/urking-oxfam-1.html
http://thatsthewaythemoneygoes.blogspot.com/2007/09/urking-oxfam-2.html
<http://thatsthewaythemoneygoes.blogspot.com/2007/09/urking-oxfam-1.html>
Francis Bacon

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just heard a news item on BBC World Service about an Oxfam report on
> making aid more effective. I think the report was about Afghanistan.
> Has anyone heard about this?
>
> All I've been able to find is:
>
>  http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=84307
>  http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL28902.htm
>
> Neither of which quite fits the bill...
>
> I'd be interested in contacting someone from Oxfam's research/policy
> team to see if they have an official position on transparency and
> sharing aid information.
>
> --
> Jonathan Gray
>
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> The Open Knowledge Foundation
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