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In most disaster-prone region, climate change to have devastating effects, ADB report warns
As climate change deniers are influencing global policies for some developed countries, including the United States and Australia, developing nations in Asia and the Pacific are already living with it...
Aid allocation within countries: does it go to areas left behind?
This ODI report presents new analysis on the relationship between aid allocation and sub-national estimates of poverty in four countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Honduras and Nigeria.
A feminist approach to international assistance
Canada is placing women and girls at the heart of its international assistance efforts, says Minister of International Development Marie-Claude Bibeau.
'Change or die': aid charities told to stop competing for funds or face extinction
As global power and resources shift away from traditional bastions, researchers warn that major aid organisations will be sidelined by 2030 unless they change tack.
Making our vision a reality through complex systems thinking
The Start Network is attempting to more away from linear solutions to solutions that reflect the complexity of the humanitarian system. In order to do this, it is seeking input from the humanitarian s...
The people in the pictures
Debates about the visual representations of global poverty have been going on for many years, yet the experiences and views of those featured have been notably absent. The People in the Pictures: vita...
From rented jeans to reused cooking oil, businesses are going 'circular'
Bbusinesses large and small are looking at ways to cut waste, use fewer resources and help create what has been coined a "circular economy".
NDRF: Latest response update
‘Overwhelming’ New Zealand public response to East Africa crisis tops $2 million
Development impact bonds gain momentum
The recently-released second year results of one of the first development impact bonds offer evidence of the potential gains and challenges for the innovative financing tool, as a growing number of or...
Fiji presidency must not fail climate change victims at “Pacific COP”
Despite warm words about protecting the vulnerable, the island presidency of this year’s UN climate talks is showing no urgency on “loss and damage”
