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    About IATI

    Our work involves making data on development and humanitarian spending and projects easier to access, use and understand. Organisations publish information according to the rules and guidance set out in the IATI Standard and this data is freely available and open to anyone in the world.

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    Introduction to IATI

    Read basic information about our initiative.

    • What is IATI?
    • Who is IATI for?
    • Why use IATI?

    Case studies

    See how IATI data is used to improve decisions and accountability.

    • Powering rapid responses to food and nutritional insecurity
    • Making overseas development assistance accountable in the Netherlands
  • Using Data

    Using IATI data

    IATI data can be an invaluable resource for anyone searching for information on development or humanitarian spending and projects.

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    Tools to access IATI data

    There are a range of tools for people wanting to use IATI data, designed for different audiences and use cases.

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    d-portal

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

    Visit d-portal

    Country Development Finance Data

    Access and download data on development and humanitarian activities, presented simply by country, reporting organisation and sector.

    Visit CDFD

    Other resources

    • IATI Datastore
    • IATI Virtual Training for Civil Society
  • Publishing Data

    How to publish data

    Find out how to register with IATI and publish data.

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    IATI Publisher

    A free online tool which lets you register with IATI and publish data on your development and humanitarian activities.

    Visit IATI Publisher

    IATI Validator

    Check if your data aligns with the rules and guidance of the IATI Standard. Run checks on data files published by any organisation.

    Visit IATI Validator

    IATI Registry

    Register your data files here and find details of all organisations that publish IATI data.

    Visit IATI Registry
  • IATI Standard

    IATI Standard

    The IATI Standard is a set of rules and guidance on how to publish useful development and humanitarian data. Find out the full range of data included in the IATI Standard and more about its technical format.

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    What data should I publish?

    Understand what information you can publish and how to prepare it.

    Standard documentation

    Find details of all the elements and attributes that can be included in IATI data.

    • Activity Standard
    • Organisation Standard
    • Topic-specific guidance

    Developer documentation

    Explore how IATI data and the schema can be imported and used in different platforms.

    • IATI Developer Documentation
    • IATI Datastore
  • Governance

    Governance

    Learn about how IATI is funded, governed and run.

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    Who runs IATI?

    Meet the Governing Board and Secretariat to understand their roles and responsibilities.

    Governing Board and Secretariat

    Members

    IATI is governed and funded by our members.

    List of members
    • IATI Strategic Plan 2020-2025
    • Finances
    • IATI workplan
    • Annual reports
    • Governance documents
  • Get Involved

    Get Involved

    Find out how to join IATI as a member, engage with IATI’s community and access useful resources about the initiative.

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    IATI Community

    Engage in IATI's Communities of Practice.

    IATI Connect

    Becoming a member

    Discover the benefits of becoming an IATI member.

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    IATI Presentation Materials

    Access presentation materials on IATI.

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    • IATI Videos
    • IATI Membership Pack
    • Working Groups
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Reference

  • IATI Developer Documentation
  • (GitHub) Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
  • Code of practice
  • Codelist API
  • Datastore and Data Pipelines
  • Design principles
  • Developer Community
  • Developer contributions
  • Guidance
  • IATI Normative and Non-normative content
  • IATI Software Deprecation Process
  • IATI Software Versioning Protocol
  • IATI Standard (Single Source of Truth)
  • IATI code examples
  • Non-functional Requirements
  • Notes about IATI Python Code
  • Open source tools: IATI GitHub
  • Security considerations
  • Useful XQuery queries
  • Guidance and support
  • IATI Developer Documentation
  • IATI code examples

IATI code examples

A small repository of curated code examples is maintained in order to facilitate the use of IATI APIs, data, and tools.

Setup and testing instructions for the code examples may be found in the corresponding README files:

  • Javascript

  • Python

  • R

The code examples include:

Applying codelist names to numerical codes

One common operation required to make semantic use of IATI data is the transformation of machine-readable codes into human-readable names. Below are some examples of how to make these transformations. These examples assume you’re already familiar with the IATI Datastore API; if not, please see the documentation on the IATI API Gateway: https://developer.iatistandard.org/.

We have examples of how to download our codelist mappings, download all codelists, and match code values downloaded from the Datastore in JSON to their codelist names in the following languages:

  • Javascript

  • Python

  • R

Converting currencies

Another common operation required to make IATI data comparable is the conversion to a common currency. IATI does not have one official source for exchange rates, but in the data folder of this repository you’ll find a sample of daily exchange rates sourced from the IMF from January 1, 1994 to July 6, 2022. As the sample data we’re using comes from the Datastore, all fields required are already in the correct data types, and conversion is a simple matter of looking up the appropriate rate and multiplying.

We have examples of how to convert currencies for transactions and budgets available in the following languages:

  • Javascript

  • Python

  • R

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