Flows · Study 001

Changelog

Every published version, dated, with the figures that changed (old to new). All versions are built from the same CEB downloads (CEB data as published, reference year 2024, downloaded 2026-10). Recomputed automatically from the CSV files on 2026-11-01; no external human review yet.

VersionDateChanges
v1.6.22026-11-03social preview image (og:image, 1200x630, a capture of the portal) and large card for LinkedIn and X on the seven study pages; data unchanged
v1.6.12026-11-02series label Carta Blanca Economics on all study pages (Carta Blanca Labs stays as the umbrella); cinematic title intro on the portal (plays once per session, skippable, off with reduced motion); data unchanged from v1.6
v1.62026-11-01visual uplift: portal restructured; light editorial theme for content pages with numbered exhibits, key takeaways and section index; reversible (flows-editorial.css)
v1.5.12026-11-01Interaction audit: every card that looks clickable now leads to its evidence; decorative boxes no longer look clickable.
v1.5.12026-11-01Release r6.1, four changes. (1) The arithmetic scenario chart "If the largest donor's share were absent" is removed from the Observatory (section 07) together with its data and metrics; the Observatory now has 29 charts (30 before). (2) The Funding Compact perimeter (UNDS) is corrected from 36 to 25 entities: the CEB entities that are members of the UN Sustainable Development Group, per the UNSDG member list on the DCO website (https://undco-p-unsdg-webapp.azurewebsites.net/about/who-we-are), checked 2026-11-01 (38 members, 25 of them in the CEB financial data). Moved out of scope: IAEA, ICAO, IMO, UPU, UNCCD, UNFCCC, UNICRI, UNITAR, UNSSC, UNU and UN Tourism (listed as UNWTO in older UNSDG lists, not on the current page); PAHO is WHO's regional office and not a separate member. (3) Archetypes replaced by nine groups covering all 48 entities, each with its own two-sentence context note. (4) New page: the 90-second brief (flows-brief.html), a one-screen entry point with three figures, one chart and an entity selector.
v1.52026-11-01Release r6 after four external audits. Errors of fact: country growth 2017-2024 now excludes UN peacekeeping (DPO), which reports by country only from 2019: Mali +406% to +38%, CAR +409% to +18%, DRC +241% to +88% (Ukraine +712% unchanged); Funding Compact indicator 7 relabelled as a Member State commitment; the two core-share denominators labelled everywhere; one shared SDG cleaning rule for flows.json and lens.json, exceptions published; government contributor labels kept as listed by the CEB, count 228 to 230 (Kosovo and Taiwan appear under two CEB labels); info button spacing; reporting status by latest year; PDF trend row fixed. Perimeter: Lens section 01 renamed "Funding Compact indicators, CEB approximation", disclaimer on every card, evaluative badges replaced by a neutral distance line, non-UNDS entities shown as not applicable, definitions table, UNDS list sourced, institutional context and right of reply, archetypes. Wording: "function not reported" reframed as a series break; revenue growth qualified (+72% nominal, +69% at constant perimeter); unrestricted funding 44.1% to 28.0% added; SDG range labelled "resources tagged by SDG" with the expenditure-only ratio 62×; section 03 neutral; ICSC salary section removed; HHI relabelled; publisher wording, dates and verification wording harmonised; HR labels merged; cleaned CSV tables published; reconciliation test added.
v1.42026-11-01Agency Lens (48 entities, Funding Compact approximation), per-entity PDF reports, right of reply, legibility pass.
v1.1 to v1.32026-11-01Audit corrections: government donor count 232 to 228 (spelling variants merged); SDG range recomputed to 69× (expenditure per entity-year, budget only where no expenditure is reported, WFP 2018 subtotal row dropped); the 61.4% figure corrected; two claims removed.
v1.02026-10-30Initial publication: portal, Key Findings, Story, Observatory, Methodology; every headline figure bound to flows.json.

Carta Blanca Labs · an independent single-author study · Oriol Cervantes · oriolcervantes.com · LinkedIn

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