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Ukraine is humanitarian priority for Central and Eastern European donors
Four Central and Eastern European donors have committed their highest share of humanitarian assistance over 2014 and 2015 to Ukraine. Ukraine also appears
Making open data work for the Community
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Just five main providers gave more than the 0.7% UN aid target in 2013
The UN target of providing 0.7% of national income as aid was met by only 5 donor countries in 2013: Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg, Denmark and the UK. The re
Donors pledge US$529m at South Sudan conference – US$1.2bn of requirements unmet
Donors pledged US$529 million in new money at the high level meeting on South Sudan, hosted by the UN and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, i
UK aid set to increase in line with economic growth
UK aid increased by almost a third in 2013 to reach 0.7%* of gross national income (GNI). If future British governments continue to meet the 0.7% target, a
DFID aid is more poverty-focused than other UK departments’
The UK’s aid (official development assistance, or ODA) budget is split across a number of different departments – including DFID, the Foreign & Commonw
Ghana’s rural savannah areas suffer persistently high poverty
According to the Ghana Living Standards Survey 2005–2013, rural savannah* areas reduced poverty incidence** by over a third, from 43% to 27%. These areas a
Iraq receives only a slight increase in humanitarian assistance in the face of rising needs
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) provided US$500 million against the Iraq Strategic Response Plan (SRP) in July 2014. When looking at cumulative funding t
UN agencies predominate as major first-level recipients to the Iraq Strategic Response Plan
Only 4% of humanitarian funding from international donors has been given directly to non-governmental organisations (NGOs); UN agencies have been the main first-level recipients.