The drop in funding has also led donors to prioritize the trend of using aid to control the movement of people – over their needs.
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Behind the large numbers lies a mix of financial instruments that require Global South countries to repay government and private sector investors with interest.
After the Second World War, Canadian work in global literacy campaigns helped elaborate Canada’s image as benevolent and innocent regarding internal colonialism.
Fighting corruption is more than punishing ‘bad apples.’ But international policies against it often fail to address root causes.
AI models can deliver localized forecasts faster and cheaper than traditional models. The challenge is getting this technology where it’s needed.
Now that the US has stopped funding Gavi, the vaccine alliance will likely become more dependent on philanthropy than ever before.
In 2020, British Conservatives cited cost-cutting to force the UK’s foreign aid office into a merger. Five years later, it hasn’t recovered its budget or expertise.
Both major parties have an opportunity to clearly state they will preserve and even increase Australia’s overseas aid budget, after cuts by London and Washington.
The dismantling of USAID underscores a larger trend of strategic and ideological considerations that have always influenced international development aid.
A$95 billion worth of USAID programs have been brought to a screeching halt. It’s a devastating decision for developing nations, but also for US foreign policy.
For people without access to banks, community savings groups are a lifeline. New research suggests they’re good stewards of donors’ money, too.
What’s missing in most donor evaluations is a participatory approach to measurement and evaluation that asks local communities what matters to them and then adapts evaluation frameworks accordingly.
When developed countries cut foreign aid, it doesn’t just hinder international development, but also jeopardizes the international competitiveness of a donor country’s domestic businesses.
Aid would be much better spent if donors listened to the people they are trying to help.
Sri Lanka is just one of a number of countries in which IMF loan conditions appear to be mainly burdening supporters of the opposition.
White saviourism is simultaneously a state of mind and a concrete unequal power structure between the Global North and the Global South.
The biggest issues at COP27 involve financing for low-income countries hit hard by climate change. A former World Bank official describes some promising signs she’s starting to see.
The United States came in 41st worldwide on the UN’s 2022 sustainable development index, down nine spots from last year. A political historian explains the country’s dismal scores.
The UN has been working for 20 years to increase the number of female peacekeepers – but countries that give their troops to the UN are reluctant to put more women in active combat.
The damage from storms, droughts and sea level rise is in the news almost daily. Some money is flowing to help poor countries, but what isn’t clear is how much impact the funds are having.
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Professor in Global Development, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor, Urban & Regional Planning, Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Centre for Global Health & Associate Professor, University of Toronto
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Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Professor of Global Development, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor Conflict Resolution, Trinity College Dublin
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Honorary Associate Professor in Strategic Studies, Deakin University
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Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Nottingham Trent University
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland