tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026UNESCO has denied access to a report on the extensive damage done to the Preah Vihear temple in Cambodia, a World Heritage site. EYE appeals the denial. Read more here: wp.me/p9BenY-2Zh 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Eye on Global Transparency has collected information on how to request documents from 21 international institutions, primarily international financial institutions and UN bodies. bit.ly/4qJhKQ0 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The European Investment Bank failed to adequately justify its reasons for denying access to annual reports on whether is complying with best banking practices, according to the EIB’s internal watchdog, the Complaints Mechanism. See more: wp.me/p9BenY-2nC 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 13/10/2025The IMF has reached an agreement with Ghana on a national governance and anticorruption agenda. (Yet unpublished) Negotiations on a governance diagnostic assessment with Pakistan hit snags. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-2fxwp.meIMF Governance Diagnostic Effort Concludes in Ghana, Slow in Pakistan · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund’s signature strategy to fight corruption is entering a critical final negotiating stage with Pakistan, but with Ghana, after… 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The World Bank is determined to keep secret key reports about ongoing projects, aide memoires. An interpretation of a footnote aims at the goal. But it may conflict with pro-transparency decisions of the independent appeals board on access policy. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-2dp 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025The IMF will use “sharpened claws” to achieve debt transparency, an official says. Senegal may be first scratching post. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-20Nwp.meIMF Official Pledges to Use ‘Sharpened Claws’ for Sovereign Debt Transparency · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund will use “sharpened claws” to get governments to disclose more about their national external debts, a top IMF… 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025A evaluation says IATI, a huge database on international aid, has missed its goals, is facing insolvency and needs a major reset. Read more here: wp.me/p9BenY-1Zo 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025There’s not much #transparency about the number of international investment disputes that are financed by third-parties. EYE has learned that 16 percent recent cases have such backing at the leading arbitration body. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-1XTwp.meNew Information Disclosed on Level of Third-Party Funding of Investor Disputes · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh Almost one in six cases brought against governments before the world’s largest investor-dispute body are financed by third parties, according to new… 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025New disclosures about higher sovereign debt in Senegal suggest that efforts to encourage transparency were insufficient. Read more here: wp.me/p9BenY-1UGwp.meUnder-Estimated External Debt in Senegal Highlights Ongoing Debt Transparency Challenge · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh The revelation that Senegal’s external debt was seriously and intentionally understated raises questions about how to assure accurate and transparent information about… 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Ensuring quality aid data endangered by possible demise of system to rank donor transparency. Read More: wp.me/p9BenY-1SR. 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025UNEP decision narrows scope of access policy; limits information on methane emissions. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-1Smwp.meReversing Course, UNEP Interprets Access Policy Narrowly to Deny EYE Request · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director Inger Andersen has issued a decision that could significantly curtail access to information about the agency.… 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025This post is both about a controversial contract, for "GEMs" data on investment in the developing world, and about how hard it is to get documents from an international agency, the EIB. Like almost 2 years. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-1S0 So, yea, kind of specialized, but that's my transparency niche.wp.meEIB Releases Details on Agreement to Give GEMs Data to Dutch Company · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh The European Investment Bank has disclosed more information about an unusual 2019 licensing agreement with ILX, a Dutch investment company — the… 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Wildlife trafficking online may be rising, but takedowns of IWT postings by social media companies seem to be diminishing. Read wp.me/p9BenY-1Q3 @brianbanks.bsky.social @bigearthdata.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social @orchiddelirium.bsky.socialwp.meSocial Media Companies Removing Fewer Posts by Traffickers in Illegal Wildlife · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh Social media companies may have slowed down in the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking online, according to a numerical hint dropped by… 012
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Are social media companies doing enough to combat illegal wildlife trafficking? Numbers from new report suggest they are blocking fewer postings. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-1Q3 @gretchenpeters.bsky.social @sarahdurant.bsky.social @alexverbeek.bsky.social @bigearthdata.bsky.socialwp.meSocial Media Companies Removing Fewer Posts by Traffickers in Illegal Wildlife · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh Social media companies may have slowed down in the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking online, according to a numerical hint dropped by… 053
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025New data suggests that social media companies are blocking fewer listings for illegal wildlife sales. wp.me/p9BenY-1Q3wp.meSocial Media Companies Removing Fewer Posts by Traffickers in Illegal Wildlife · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh Social media companies may have slowed down in the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking online, according to a numerical hint dropped by… 000
Reposted by @tobymc.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/12/2024OpenSecrets is the latest in a series of open-government groups to decline or die off over the last decade—a trend that bodes ill for the health of our politics. @americalabs.org counts the bodies, and looks at revival methods:thebulwark.comOpen-Government Nonprofits Are Dying Off Just When They’re Needed MostWhy it’s happening and what can be done about it. 38723
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024UN methane program reports tiny response by countries after being notified about large methane emissions. Will the UN finally start making the notifications public? wp.me/p9BenY-1LRwp.meUNEP Reports One Percent Reply Rate to Methane Emission Notifications · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh The UN Environmental Programme notified governments of 1,200 of major methane emissions, but got only 15 replies, a one percent response rate,… 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Nice to see some additional disclosures at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. wp.me/p9BenY-1LF 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 14/11/2024This excellent article includes a section (2) on why climate finance accounting in not consistent or transparent.carbonbrief.orgCOP29: Six key reasons why international climate finance is a ‘wild west’ - Carbon BriefWealthy nations have committed to providing billions of dollars of “climate finance” to developing countries 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 24/10/2024Disclosure of key data could encourage more lending to developing countries. Steps forward being made, but more is possible. See report from World Bank/IMF fall meetings. Follow me for other news on transparency at international institutions. wp.me/p9BenY-1KGwp.mePrivate Sector Observers Seek More Information From GEMs Database · Eye on Global TransparencyBy Toby McIntosh Partially lifting the lid on a “treasure trove” of international economic data has not dampened interest in getting a closer look inside,… 000
tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social · 11/10/2024My inaugural post here celebrates how journalists around the world use freedom of information laws to find information for their stories. Read about it in my blog: Eye on Global Transparency. wp.me/p9BenY-1JY 041
