Financial Transparency Coalition

Publish What You Fund, one of the Task Force's Allied Organizations, has released their 2011 Pilot Aid Transparency Index. The index is relatively unique in that it looks at the donors, rather than the recipients, of aids, and ranks them by how transparent their giving process is. In all, they ranked 58 countries and institutions who collectively give billions of dollars of aid to the developing world.

Baba Ramdev steps up pressure on government to enforce strong anti-graft laws Newstrack India, November 13, 2011 Global Witness Welcomes Moves To Stop Corrupt Politicians And Criminals From Hiding Behind Anonymous U.S. Shell Companies Global Witness, November 15, 2011 Govt may allow Nepalis to invest abroad iStockAnalyst, November 14, 2011 Credit Suisse to reveal details

Back in September I was sitting in the salubrious office of an official from one of International Financial Institutions – when he slouched back in his chair, sighed and said ‘I can’t even bear to read those G20 communiqués – they are so vacuous.’ That evening, I found myself at a dinner hosted by DC law firm Jones Day where former Mexican President Zedillo branded the G20 ‘a disappointment.’

Every other week, the Task Force will be highlighting a Featured Allied Organization. The Task Force has 125 member organizations from all over the world which endorse its mission. Click here to access previous Featured Allied Organization posts. This week’s Featured Allied Organization is Pragati, Koraput. Pragati, Koraput was established in January 1992 with the mission