January 12, 2005
UN To Address Transparency Concerns With New Online Resource
GUEST: Jack O'Toole
According to this piece in today's Financial Times, the UN plans to "head off criticism that its [disaster relief] activities are unaccountable and lack transparency" by creating a new Internet tool that will allow people to follow the flow of money "from pledge to project."
Needless to say, that's a good idea. And one that other charitable institutions in the US and around the world might wish to consider.
Posted by Jack O'Toole at January 12, 2005 12:53 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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I admire the effort, but the set up is still prone to scandal.
I don't see how it can be transparent as long as the UN is tracking it. An outside 'watch dog' needs to have control over monitoring.
Posted by: Randy A. at January 12, 2005 08:08 AM
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