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Changes to how aid loans are valued: how will it affect donor lending?
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC)’s 2014 proposed rule changes to the way official d
Outcomes from ‘Interactive Dialogue on Humanitarian Financing’, ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment
The urgent question of how to meet crisis with financing is attracting a huge amount of attention right now. The UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel o
One year on from the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict: have pledges turned into commitments?
Exactly one year ago the Global Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict brought together governments, donors, multilateral agencies and civil society
Where do aid investments targeting persons with disabilities go?
Recording systems for donors’ aid do not capture the true scale of aid investments relevant for persons with disabilities. We estimate that over a third of
Burundi at a crossroads: the money matters
What is happening? The Republic of Burundi has, in the last few months, gone from being a stabilising post-conflict nation to being on the brink of disaste
Financing for social protection in LDCs
Current levels of social protection investments – domestic and international – in least developed countries (LDCs) are not enough to respond to extreme pov
ODA to LDCs targets: what do the data tell us?
Why LDCs? Remarkable development progress was seen between 1990 and 2010 as extreme poverty rates were halved. But ending poverty requires a shift of focus
Private donors provided 23% of Typhoon Haiyan response but only 5% and 6% to Syria and Ebola respectively
The most recent report from our Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) programme, Humanitarian assistance from non-state donors – Latest trends, shows that p
Public calls for better data and traceability in response to Nepal earthquake
To date, a total of US$156 million in international humanitarian funding has been allocated to the Nepal earthquake crisis according to the UN Office for t