Publish where you fund! On geospatial transparency of aid

IF 1.4 3区经济学 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Development Policy Review Pub Date : 2025-10-15 DOI:10.1111/dpr.70043

Zdeněk Opršal

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Abstract

Motivation

Geospatial aid transparency, entailing the availability and accessibility of data on aid project locations, is a critical yet underexplored dimension of aid effectiveness and accountability. Geospatial aid transparency can improve donor coordination, public oversight, and the targeting of aid.

Purpose

I review how subnational geospatial data are accounted for in existing aid transparency indexes; examine the current state of online interactive mapping platforms providing project-level aid information; and discuss challenges in sharing and visualizing spatial data.

Methods

Platforms providing geospatial information are compared, focusing on experiences from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malawi, and Moldova.

Findings

A diverse range of actors operate geospatial data platforms, including donors, implementing agencies, recipient governments, and independent third parties. Comparative analysis of selected platforms exposes inconsistencies in the number and location of aid activities. While geospatial tools have significant potential, they currently offer only a fragmented and sometimes misleading picture of aid delivery.

Policy Implications

For geospatial transparency to meaningfully enhance aid effectiveness, accurate reporting to robust data standards is necessary. The multi-stakeholder International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) should take the lead in advancing geospatial transparency.

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发布你资助的地方！关于援助的地理空间透明度

地理空间援助透明度涉及援助项目地点数据的可用性和可获得性，这是援助有效性和问责制的一个关键但尚未得到充分探索的方面。地理空间援助的透明度可以改善捐助者的协调、公众监督和援助的目标。目的一：审查在现有援助透明度指数中如何计算次国家地理空间数据；审查提供项目级援助信息的在线交互式地图平台的现状；并讨论共享和可视化空间数据的挑战。方法对提供地理空间信息的平台进行比较，重点分析波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、马拉维和摩尔多瓦的经验。运营地理空间数据平台的行为体多种多样，包括捐助方、执行机构、受援国政府和独立第三方。对选定平台的比较分析揭示了援助活动数量和地点的不一致。虽然地理空间工具具有巨大潜力，但它们目前只能提供一个支离破碎的、有时具有误导性的援助交付情况。要使地理空间透明度有意义地提高援助有效性，就必须根据可靠的数据标准进行准确报告。多方利益攸关方的国际援助透明度倡议（IATI）应带头推进地理空间透明度。

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Development Policy Review DEVELOPMENT STUDIES-

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3.50

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5.90%

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期刊介绍： Development Policy Review is the refereed journal that makes the crucial links between research and policy in international development. Edited by staff of the Overseas Development Institute, the London-based think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues, it publishes single articles and theme issues on topics at the forefront of current development policy debate. Coverage includes the latest thinking and research on poverty-reduction strategies, inequality and social exclusion, property rights and sustainable livelihoods, globalisation in trade and finance, and the reform of global governance. Informed, rigorous, multi-disciplinary and up-to-the-minute, DPR is an indispensable tool for development researchers and practitioners alike.