How we can win the argument for overseas aid
26/4/2019: The chief executive at Oxfam GB argues that, at a time when aid spending is falling globally, it’s more important than ever that the UK and a few other countries are keeping their promises to support those in need around the world.
Source: Devex
New investor alliance launches to tackle SDG financing
26/4/2019: The UN has announced the creation of a Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance, as part of its efforts to more closely align the international financial system with the 2030 agenda.
Source: Devex
What will it take to fix flailing SDG funding?
23/4/2019: The international community is not acting fast enough to mobilize finance for the Sustainable Development Goals, according to experts gathered at the Financing for Development Forum. Source: Devex
New aid figures reveal 'incredible lack of ambition' from donors
11/4/2018: Preliminary data for 2018 paints a worrying picture in which bilateral assistance to least-developed countries fell 3% from 2017, aid to Africa was down 4%, and humanitarian aid dropped 8%. Source: Devex
Crisis deepens as global South debt payments increase by 85%
3/4/2019: Figures released by the Jubilee Debt Campaign, based on IMF and World Bank databases, show that developing country debt payments increased by 85% between 2010 and 2018.
Source: Jubilee Debt Campaign
USAID launches new private sector engagement policy
13/12/2018: The US Agency for International Development has launched a new private sector engagement policy designed to change the culture and operations of the organization as it works to help countries develop. Source: Devex
Big business capturing UN SDG agenda?
11/12/2018: The UN has increasingly embraced the corporate sector, most recently to raise finance needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Does this engagement compromise the Goals? Source: Inter Press Service
How can we rate aid donors?
21/11/2018: Two recent assessments of aid donors used radically different approaches – a top down technical assessment of aid quality, and a bottom up survey of aid recipients. The differences between their findings are interesting.
Source: From Poverty to Power
Germany, Netherlands back Niger border force to counter migration
2/11/2018: Germany and the Netherlands have pledged to fund special forces in Niger to control its border and prevent illegal migration. Niger is a transit country for thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe. Source: News24
Tread Softly Comment: This is the trending goal of contemporary foreign aid. Less poverty reduction, infrastructure or governance in the fragile state; more border police to protect Europe. Relevant Briefing: Aid Politics
Time to make aid transparency actionable, says new campaign chief
11/10/2018: The new CEO of a major aid transparency group says the movement needs to change its ways, and make its data more user-friendly to encourage civil society groups to hold donors to account. Source: Devex
