The credibility of many analyses produced by government agencies around the world can, at best, be evaluated by a small elite of external analysts. This opacity renders the analyses vulnerable to differential judgments depending on which political party holds power. We believe that broadening access to these analyses can play an important role in ensuring a rigorous and transparent public assessment of the costs and benefits of government policies.

BITSS developed a framework to assess how transparent or opaque any given analysis is over three dimensions: the output that presents the results, the documentation which explains the analysis that produces the output, and the materials that are used to carry out the analysis. 

Using the data shared with us, this tracker provides a one-stop-shop to understanding the degree of transparency of different policy analyses, assessed using the BITSS Open Policy Analysis framework. For each analysis registered here, you will find: a quick assessment of the transparency of its output, analysis, and materials, as well as links to documentation and reproduction materials, when available.