On the importance of debt transparency... 'Which all makes it a shame that the above disclosure is a parody of what debt transparency should look like. We’re told only just enough to indicate an iceberg of sovereign debt oddity lies just below the surface.' www.ft.com/content/2fa0...

This is THE most important finding from the latest 🌍 #ODA statistics drop from the #OECD. 🚫It's NOT that foreign aid hit record levels in 2023. ✔️It's that more than 25% of global aid is spent dealing with protracted crises, including COVID, refugees in donor countries and aid to Ukraine.