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Poverty of people in the global poorest 20% is deeper in LDCs
Two world regions are home to almost four-fifths of the people in the global poorest 20%: South Asia (43%) and sub-Saharan Africa (35%). Three populous cou
Will discussions on DRR financing materialise in Sendai?
The World Disasters Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) opens this weekend in Sendai, Japan. Government representatives from over 100 countries wil
Reporting on gender in emergencies is in decline – can the World Humanitarian Summit help to address this?
On March 11, a workshop will be convened under the auspices of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that will bring together humanitarian policy-
Making open data work for the Community
Guest data blog by Bibhusan Bista, Chief Executive Officer, YoungInnovations “It's difficult to imagine the power that you're going to have when so many di
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
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