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Country: Austria
Agency name: Austrian Development Agency
Website: http://www.entwicklung.at/en/
How does it spend its aid money?: Austria puts about half of its official development assistance into multilateral institutions and international financial institutions, and gives the other half directly to developing country partners
Which countries does it prioritise?: Austria's partner countries include Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Georgia, Mozambique, Palestinian Territories and Serbia
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Agriculture, education, social and health services, economic development, energy, democracy, human rights and social transformation
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $1.1b (0.28% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 24.41% (poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: No
How transparent is it?: Austria's 2012 IATI implementation schedule did not foresee any improvements to Austria’s aid data. Austria launched an open data portal—data.gv.at—in early 2012, but the portal is yet to include information on Austria’s development cooperation spending
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 3.9
latitude: 48.215649
longitude: 16.368492
Transparency link: 24
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Country: Belgium
Agency name: Belgian Development Agency
Website: http://www.btcctb.org
How does it spend its aid money?: Just over half of Belgium's official development assistance is spent on bilateral cooperation with its 18 partner countries and the rest through multilateral institutions
Which countries does it prioritise?: Benin, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Palestinian Territories and Rwanda
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Health care, education and training, agriculture and food security, basic infrastructure and society building
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $2.3bn (0.47% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 23.4% (poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed but not yet published
How transparent is it?: Belgium plans to publish 92% of IATI fields including qualitative 'added value' fields such as activity documents, performance data and sub-national geographic location of its aid
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Not joined
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 5.5
latitude: 50.838429
longitude: 4.349901
Transparency link: 23
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Country: Czech Republic
Agency name: Czech Development Agency
Website: http://www.czda.cz/?lang=en
How does it spend its aid money?: The Czech Republic splits its aid between multilateral institutions, governmental and non-governmental cooperation in partner countries, with a focus on grants, technical assistance and scholarships for students from developing countries
Which countries does it prioritise?: Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Moldova and Mongolia
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Agriculture, education, social and health services, economic development, energy, democracy, human rights and social transformation
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $219m (0.12% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 24.41% (poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: No
How transparent is it?: The Czech Republic plans to publish 79% of IATI fields, but its schedule does not specify how often it will publish its information
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 3.9
latitude: 50.088297
longitude: 14.40138
Transparency link: 24
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Country: Denmark
Agency name: Danish International Development Agency
Website: http://um.dk/en/danida-en/
How does it spend its aid money?: About 70% of Danish aid is targeted directly to specific partner countries to support their national development programmes. The rest is invested through multilateral channels
Which countries does it prioritise?: Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Sudan, Uganda and Vietnam
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Green growth, human rights and democracy, social progress and stability, and protection
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $2.7bn (0.84% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 50.7% (fair)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed and published
How transparent is it?: Denmark is a founding IATI signatory and plans to publish to 68% of its fields, but this does not include results or conditions.
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 6.8
latitude: 55.674578
longitude: 12.589024
Transparency link: 51
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Country: European Union
Agency name: EuropeAid (Directorate-general for development and co-operation)
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm
How does it spend its aid money?: EuropeAid implements the external aid instruments of the European commission. Almost all funds are distributed bilaterally through budget support, grants and contracts
Which countries does it prioritise?: Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey, West Bank and Gaza Strip and the Horn of Africa
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Food security, humanitarian aid, social and economic infrastructure and sustainable energy
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $90bn
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 52.11% (fair)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed and published
How transparent is it?: DG Devco was the first EU institution to publish to IATI, and has provided advice to EU member states on publishing. It has also commissioned a project for enhancing ODA reporting capacity and systems in EU member states
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: -
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: -
latitude: 50.840409
longitude: 4.37721
Transparency link: 52
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Country: Finland
Agency name: Department of development policy, ministry of foreign affairs
Website: http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?culture=en-US&contentlan=2
How does it spend its aid money?: Just over half of Finnish development assistance is distributed to partner countries bilaterally through grants, and the rest is spent through multilateral institutions. A very small amount is spent on technical assistance
Which countries does it prioritise?: Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Agriculture, education, government and civil society, health and water
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $1.3bn (0.53% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 22.99% (poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed and published
How transparent is it?: Finland plans to publish 47% of IATI fields, however the frequency of publication specified is annual, which is not considered to be timely according to the IATI standard
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 5.9
latitude: 60.169444
longitude: 24.954444
Transparency link: 23
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Country: France
Agency name: French Development Agency (AFD)
Website: http://www.afd.fr/lang/
How does it spend its aid money?: Most French development assistance is spent bilaterally on sovereign loan subsidies, project grants, general budget aid and debt relief
Which countries does it prioritise?: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Business, education, health, infrastructure and urban development
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $12.1bn (0.5% of gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 16.31% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed but not published
How transparent is it?: AFD does not publish consistently on many of its activities. Organisation planning is the only area in which it performs reasonably well, with scores that are consistent with the Index average
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: No
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 5.0
latitude: 48.844277
longitude: 2.377898
Transparency link: 16
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Country: Germany
Agency name: Federal ministry for economic co-operation and development (BMZ)
Website: http://www.bmz.de/en/
How does it spend its aid money?: Germany spends most of its aid bilaterally through loans, consultancy and training services, promoting private sector investment, grant, scholarships and humanitarian aid
Which countries does it prioritise?: BMZ has a broad range of partner countries, with focus programmes in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Education, energy, governance and civil society, financil services and sanitation
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $13.1bn (0.4% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 43.71% (fair)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed and published
How transparent is it?: In mid-2013, BMZ's development bank started publishing project-level information on its transparency portal, transparenz.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de, which it plans to update on a monthly basis
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Not joined
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 5.2
latitude: 52.505487
longitude: 13.381347
Transparency link: 44
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Country: Greece
Agency name: Hellenic Aid, directorate general of international development co-operation, ministry of foreign affairs
Website: http://www.mfa.gr/en/the-ministry/structure/hellenic-aid.html
How does it spend its aid money?: Greece spends most of its official development assistance through multilateral institutions and non-government organisations
Which countries does it prioritise?: Hellenic Aid focuses on supporting countries in the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the Middle East
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Education, culture and humanitatian support
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $324m (0.1% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 3.1% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: No
How transparent is it?: Greece has produced an IATI implementation schedule, but this lacks explicit plans for how it will be put into practice
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 4.3
latitude: 37.983716
longitude: 23.72931
Transparency link: 3
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Country: Ireland
Agency name: Irish Aid, department of foreign affairs and trade
Website: http://www.dci.gov.ie/
How does it spend its aid money?: Around 70% of Irish official development assistance is given bilaterally to government systems in partner countries. The rest is spent on non-government and civil society organisations and multilateral organisations
Which countries does it prioritise?: Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Education, environment, gender equality, governance, health and hunger
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $809m (0.5% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 22.65% (poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed and published
How transparent is it?: Ireland has published organisation-level information to IATI, and plans to publish 59% of its fields, including results information. However, the schedule lacks plans for publishing project and organisation documents
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 5.8
latitude: 53.336393
longitude: -6.259277
Transparency link: 23
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Country: Italy
Agency name: Directorate general for development co-operation, Italian ministry of foreign affairs
Website: http://www.cooperazioneallosviluppo.esteri.it/pdgcs/
How does it spend its aid money?: Around 60% of Italian official development assistance is spent bilaterally, with a significant focus on sub-Saharan Africa
Which countries does it prioritise?: Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Sudan
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Agriculture and food security, education, governance and civil society, health and private sector development
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $2.6bn (0.1% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 9.98% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: No
How transparent is it?: Italy has published an IATI implementation schedule, but this lacks explicit plans for how it will be put into practice
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 4.7
latitude: 41.935901
longitude: 12.459602
Transparency link: 10
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Country: Luxembourg
Agency name: Luxembourg Development Co-operation
Website: http://www.lux-development.lu/en
How does it spend its aid money?: Luxembourg focuses its official development assistance on providing sector-based support bilaterally to partner countries at the national level
Which countries does it prioritise?: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Mali, Niger and Senegal
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Education, employment, health, water and sanitation
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $432m (1% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 19.2% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: No
How transparent is it?: Luxembourg has produced an IATI implementation schedule, but this is currently incomplete and does not lay out specific plans or timelines for compliance with its fields
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: No
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 6.0
latitude: 49.605628
longitude: 6.128147
Transparency link: 19
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Country: Netherlands
Agency name: Directorate-general for international co-operation, Dutch ministry of foreign affairs
Website: http://www.government.nl/issues/development-cooperation
How does it spend its aid money?: The Netherlands focuses on providing bilateral aid in areas where Dutch businesses, civil society organisations and knowledge institutions can offer expertise and add special value
Which countries does it prioritise?: Dutch partner countries include Afghanistan, Benin, Ghana, Mali and Sudan
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Food security, health, security, sexual and reproductive health and trade
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $5.5bn (0.7% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 49.4% (fair)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed and published
How transparent is it?: The Netherlands is leading the way in meeting IATI's requirements, with plans to publish 76% of its fields, including qualitative added value fields such as sub-national location and project documents. Its aid information is also available on an open source web platform, openaid.nl
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 5.9
latitude: 52.083135
longitude: 4.325722
Transparency link: 49
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Country: Norway
Agency name: The Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation
Website: http://www.norad.no/en/front-page
How does it spend its aid money?: About 70% of Norwiegan aid goes to countries directly in the form of grants, technical assistance, communication and evaluation
Which countries does it prioritise?: Afghanistan, Brazil, Mozambique, Palestine and Tanzania
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Energy, forestry, government and civil society, humanitarian aid and multi-sector
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $4.8bn (0.9% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 26.94% (poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed but not published
How transparent is it?: Norway has set itself a target of the end of 2013 for beginning to publish its development data to IATI. It plans to publish to 68% of IATI fields by 2015. However, the schedule excludes many of the qualitative 'value added' fields, such as activity documents and performance data
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 6.2
latitude: 59.912715
longitude: 10.726285
Transparency link: 27
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Country: Poland
Agency name: Polish Aid, ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Poland
Website: http://www.polishaid.gov.pl/
How does it spend its aid money?: Most Polish aid is given directly to partner country governments and civil society organisations in order to support political and economic transition
Which countries does it prioritise?: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Education, democracy and human rights, economic and political transition and humanitarian aid
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $437m (0.1% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 11.35% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: No
How transparent is it?: Poland has produced a schedule for implementing IATI, but this is currently incomplete. A new projects database with more information on Polish aid activities is being developed
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: No
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 4.0
latitude: 52.192349
longitude: 21.021891
Transparency link: 11
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Country: Portugal
Agency name: The Portuguese Institute for Development Support
Website: http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/
How does it spend its aid money?: The aim of Portguese aid is to promote economic, social and cultural development of Portuguese-speaking countries and improve the living conditions of their populations
Which countries does it prioritise?: Cape Verde, Mozambique, Timor-Leste, Sao Tome & Principe and Angola
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Cape Verde, East Timor, Morocco, Mozambique and Sao Tome & Principe
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $567m (0.3% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 17.4% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: No
How transparent is it?: Portugal is in the process of upgrading its development reporting systems. It has produced a schedule for implementing IATI, but has not made clear how it will put it into practice
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: No
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 5.2
latitude: 38.721253
longitude: -9.146093
Transparency link: 17
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Country: Slovak Republic
Agency name: Slovak Aid, ministry of foreign and European affairs of the Slovak Republic
Website: http://www.mzv.sk/en/foreign_policy/slovak_aid
How does it spend its aid money?: Slovakia focuses its development assistance on bilateral support to countries that can learn from its own transition from recipient to donor country
Which countries does it prioritise?: Afghanistan, Kenya and Serbia
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Good governance, human rights, political and economic stability and envorinmental protection
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $80m (0.1% of gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 11.98% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: No
How transparent is it?: Slovakia is the newest member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's development assistance committee, and is understood to be developing its own software for IATI publication
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 3.9
latitude: 48.155479
longitude: 17.104367
Transparency link: 12
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Country: Spain
Agency name: Spanish Agency for International Development Co-operation
Website: http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/PoliticaExteriorCooperacion/CooperacionAlDesarrollo/Paginas/Inicio.aspx
How does it spend its aid money?: About half of spanish development assistance is distributed to countries directly. Spain has recently shifted from a resource-intensive approach to a knowledge-focused approach, with an emphasis on dialogue and capacity building
Which countries does it prioritise?: Bolivia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Peru
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Economic growth, education, gender, health and population programmes
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $1.9bn (0.2% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 17.41% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed and published
How transparent is it?: Spain's IATI implementation schedule says it plans to publish 53% of the IATI fields, although this does not include some of the qualitative 'value added' fields such as project documents and performance data
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 5.1
latitude: 40.438032
longitude: -3.720375
Transparency link: 17
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Country: Sweden
Agency name: Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency
Website: http://www.sida.se/English/
How does it spend its aid money?: Sweden focuses on supporting capacity and institutional development of organisations in developing countries through international training programmes and collaboration with businesses
Which countries does it prioritise?: Afghanistan, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, and West Bank
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Climate change, democracy, gender equality and human rights
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $5.2bn (1% of gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 60.38% (good)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed and published
How transparent is it?: Sweden has published an ambitious IATI implementation schedule and plans to publish to more than 95% of its fields. Sweden recently began co-hosting the IATI secretariat, as part of a consortium with UNDP, UNOPS, Ghana and Development Initiatives
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 6.6
latitude: 59.33927
longitude: 18.102411
Transparency link: 60
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Country: Switzerland
Agency name: Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation
Website: http://www.sdc.admin.ch/
How does it spend its aid money?: Switzerland spends most of its development assistance on development co-operation and debt relief in developing countries
Which countries does it prioritise?: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mozambique, Niger and Tanzania
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Agriculture, democracy, education, health and water
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $3bn (0.5% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 18.08% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed but not published
How transparent is it?: SDC updated its IATI implementation schedule in July 2013 to include plans to implement 45% of the IATI fields, but did not specify where the data will be shared
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: No
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 4.6
latitude: 46.943828
longitude: 7.407491
Transparency link: 18
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Country: United Kingdom
Agency name: Department for International Development
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development
How does it spend its aid money?: UK Aid is focused on direct support to developing countries through bilateral assistance and regional programes
Which countries does it prioritise?: Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Pakistan
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Health, education, disasters, government support and multisector
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $13.7bn (0.6% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 83.49% (very good)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: Signed and published
How transparent is it?: DfID published a revised IATI implementation schedule in December 2012, which sets out an ambitious plan for covering almost all of its requirements by 2015
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: Yes
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: 5.8
latitude: 51.499404
longitude: -0.142477
Transparency link: 83
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Country: Slovenia
Agency name: Directorate for International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance
Website: http://www.mzz.gov.si/en/developmenthumanitarian-aid/
How does it spend its aid money?: Slovenia focuses bilateral development cooperation on western Balkan countries, eastern Europe and central Asia, and supports African countries through multilateral channels
Which countries does it prioritise?: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia
Which areas of development does it focus on?: Economic development and infrastructure, mine action, post-conflict assistance and social services
How much did it spend on official development assistance in 2012 (USD)?: $58m (0.13% of its gross national income)
How did it score on Publish What You Fund's transparency index?: 10.80% (very poor)
Has it signed the International Aid Transparency Initiative?: No
How transparent is it?: Slovenia has produced a common standard implementation schedule, but lacks a clear plan for implementing IATI. A new website containing more information on projects funded by Slovenia is under development
Has it joined the Open Government Partnership?: No
How did it score on the Centre for Global Development's commitment to development index for 2013?: -
latitude: 46.170234
longitude: 14.571522
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