Comments on: One day, all this will seem very strange http://www.owen.org/blog/3003 Thoughts on development and beyond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Philippe Boucher http://www.owen.org/blog/3003/comment-page-1#comment-5509 Philippe Boucher Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:48:11 +0000 http://www.owen.org/?p=3003#comment-5509 I completely agree. Transparency is essential to limit waste and/or fraud. I noticed that the Gates Foundation had been funding AidInfo but when you visit the site of the Gates Foundation you find very little information and often not even a link to the site of the grantee. The Gates Foundation does not seem to require public transparency from its grantees while it would be a very strong message worth much more than the million + they (rightfully) awarded to Aidinfo. New "best practices" have to be enacted and implemented and if the Gates Foundation was concretely enforcing them that would be a big plus (except -of course- for all the people who benefit from the lack of transparency). I completely agree. Transparency is essential to limit waste and/or fraud.
I noticed that the Gates Foundation had been funding AidInfo but when you visit the site of the Gates Foundation you find very little information and often not even a link to the site of the grantee.
The Gates Foundation does not seem to require public transparency from its grantees while it would be a very strong message worth much more than the million + they (rightfully) awarded to Aidinfo.
New “best practices” have to be enacted and implemented and if the Gates Foundation was concretely enforcing them that would be a big plus (except -of course- for all the people who benefit from the lack of transparency).

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