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Saudi-led forces close air, sea and land access to Yemen
The move is likely to further worsen Yemen's humanitarian crisis, which has pushed some seven million to the brink of famine
6 fundraising tips for small NGOs
On the strength of experience supporting hundreds of nonprofits from 170 countries to build stronger organisations, here are GlobalGiving's top tips for improving small-scale fundraising.
Do views about aid effectiveness influence support for aid?
Terence Wood and Camilla Burkot have built on an earlier study of New Zealander's views on aid, looking at which types of New Zealanders are most supportive of aid, and their views on aid increases.
When the sheep turn black, war's toxic legacy can no longer be ignored
The battle for Mosul has left the city caked in soot and shrouded in smog. When will the world realise that the environment is not merely a silent victim of war, asks Erik Solheim, head of UN environm...
Achieving Fiji’s Paris Agreement energy commitments
As Fiji begins hosting the COP23 Conference in Bonn this week, Peter Johnston for DevPolicy Blog analyses Fiji's ambitious climate change targets.
Development work should start at home, says Direct Relief CEO Thomas Tighe
The development community should seek to bridge the divide between relief work in developed and developing countries, the CEO of Direct Relief has said — and dropping the jargon that can often drive d...
With NZ offer rejected, Manus refugees doubt US resettlement prospects
With New Zealand's offer again declined, refugees on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island say they have no faith in the United States to resettle any more of Australia's offshore detainees.
The COP23 climate change summit in Bonn and why it matters
Halting dangerous global warming means putting the landmark Paris agreement into practice – without the US – and tackling the divisive issue of compensation.
Millions either malnourished or obese in global nutrition crisis
Researchers behind the Global Nutrition Report, which looked at 140 countries, said the problems were "putting the brakes on human development as a whole" and called for a critical change in the respo...
Amnesty International: Authorities must not use abuse to force refugees into transit facilities
“Shuttling refugees from one centre to another is simply papering over the cracks in an abusive system."
