International Aid Transparency Initiative

IATI is a global initiative to improve the transparency of development and humanitarian resources and their results to address poverty and crises.

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Understand the ways you can access IATI data, what information you can find and the benefits of using it.

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Our publishing guide

Find out how to publish data to the IATI Standard and improve your data by using our publishing guidance.

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Discover the Standard

View IATI reference pages that contain the rules and technical framework for publishing and interpreting IATI data.

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“Transparency is a cornerstone of our work at UNDP.”

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator
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Development and humanitarian activities published to the IATI Standard

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IATI publishers that contribute data for decision-making and accountability

IATI in action

People all over the world use IATI to track the flow of aid, humanitarian and development resources. Some use IATI to publish their data, others access data to inform decision-making and hold authorities to account. Our case studies tell some of their stories.

Powering rapid responses to food and nutritional insecurity

In 2023 IATI partnered with the Global Alliance for Food Security (GAFS), helping them use IATI data to track, monitor and respond to the global food crisis.

Measuring sustainable development across Africa

The African Development Bank’s MapAfrica tool uses IATI data to improve transparency and decision-making across over 5,500 development projects in Africa.

Driving access to data across Latin America and the Caribbean

CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, has published data on the financing of over 150 development activities, across 14 countries totalling over 5 billion USD.

About IATI

IATI is a global initiative to improve the transparency of development and humanitarian resources and their results for addressing poverty and crises.

IATI brings together governments, multilateral institutions, private sector and civil society organisations and others to increase the transparency of resources flowing into developing countries.

We encourage all organisations that distribute or spend resources to publish information about their development and humanitarian activities using IATI’s data standard. This is a set of rules and guidance to ensure information is easy to access, understand and use.

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Tools and resources for data use

IATI data can be accessed through various online tools and platforms providing different visualisations and formats. Users are encouraged to find the tool that best meets their data needs.

d-portal

Search key IATI data on development and humanitarian activities. Data is presented in charts, graphs and maps. Recommended for users who are new to IATI.

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IATI Datastore

Use Datastore Search to download IATI data in CSV, JSON and XML formats, or access the Datastore API.

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Country Development Finance Data

Country Development Finance Data is an IATI tool that supports partner country data access needs.

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Get connected with IATI’s Community

Join our community platform, IATI Connect to meet development and humanitarian practitioners, political advocates for transparency, open data experts and technical specialists across the globe. Discuss, learn and share insights on open data and transparency topics across borders and organisations.

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Latest news

Nairobi IATI workshop engages key African development data users

From November 4-6 2024, IATI engaged governments, civil society organisations and publishers in a three-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) starts publishing IATI Data

CAF has published data about over 150 development activities across 14 countries totalling over 5 billion USD.
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Introducing IATI’s first Executive Director

Yemesrach Assefa Workie became IATI’s first Executive Director on 1 June 2024.
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