Finally, the bank’s recent claim that it is a “champion for transparency and accountability”15 in its use of trust funds contrasts with the reality of trust fund data and operations. The bank emphasises its efforts to “reform the trust funds framework” by “defining mobilisation objectives more strategically, simplifying and harmonizing agreements, improving cost recovery, and incorporating these funds more fully into the budgetary allocation process.”41 It points to the availability of financial and non-financial information about trust funds through AidFlows, the Financial Intermediary Fund Trustee website, and the World Bank Finances platform.4 15 These resources, however, have major transparency problems for members of the public and researchers (fig 3). Figure 3 suggests specific ways in which these problems could be dealt with.