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This article was originally written for the Guardian Development Professionals Network as an opinion-piece looking at the High Level Panel on Humanitarian
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In July of last year there was universal agreement under the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on the need for national institutions to be at the heart of, and hav
UN-coordinated appeals 2016 – another rise, another anticipated shortfall?
Last week, the UN launched the annual global appeal for humanitarian funding – the Global Humanitarian Overview. And once again, now for the fourth year ru
Aid for helping countries protect themselves against climate change is not targeted at the most vulnerable countries
Size of bubbles represents volume of adaptation-related ODA commitments in 2013, US$ millions. Vulnerability to climate change is defined as a country’s ex
Improving African national statistical systems will change lives
Better data for better lives Data should be the basis for decision making. Better data relates to better lives through better policies, programmes, and bet
What does the new extreme poverty data show?
New World Bank data leaves our understanding of the distribution of extreme poverty and projections largely unchanged, but confirms past global poverty tar
What to do with one and a half billion dollars...
In developed countries poverty and its effects are counted by national and local government departments using data collected in the course of the planning,
Humanitarian assistance to fragile states is often volatile and unpredictable
Aid provided to fragile and conflict-affected states is often volatile and unpredictable. Across all 70 countries classified as fragile states in 2013, 36
Five reasons why ending poverty will be tougher than halving it has been
In late September, the UN General Assembly ratified the Sustainable Development Goals. These are a new set of global goals established to replace the Mille