Note: This website was created for the Aid Transparency and Development Finance Conference held on March 25, 2010. The AidData Portal is now live at AidData.org. You may also find working papers form this conference here.

Over the past six years, the PLAID (Project-Level Aid) initiative has been hard at work creating the world's largest repository of information on foreign assistance. Building on the foundation of the OECD's Creditor Reporting System, PLAID has added an additional $1.8 trillion in development assistance to the often-referenced total of $2.3 trillion. Together with their new partners, Development Gateway, PLAID is ready to share this important information.

On March 22, 2010 the AidData team is holding the Aid Transparency and Development Finance Conference at University College in Oxford, UK to make the database available to the public for the first time. The conference will continue over three days which will include presentations and panel discussions featuring many leading development practioners, researchers, and advocates. Confirmed presenters include Stephen Knack from the World Bank, Homi Kharas from the Brookings Institute, and Ngaire Woods of University College.

Read more about the conference in the draft agenda or register now.

What is AidData?

We now have information on more than 850,000 development activities financed by approximately 70 countries and multilateral institutions from 1946 to the present day. The database continues to grow daily, providing new insight into where aid is going and providing a key building block for a new international system of aid transparency. Read more about AidData.

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