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To meet the urgent needs of people affected by the Syria crisis, donors must promptly deliver against funding commitments
As the Syria conflict enters its sixth year, the overwhelming scale of displacement and needs both within Syria and in the wider region continues to rise.
Make it count: why and how to track aid for domestic revenue mobilisation
Domestic revenue – the funds that governments raise through tax and other finance streams – will be a key driving force behind implementing the Sustainable
Modernising ODA loans: impact of new DAC reporting rules (part 2)
In part 1 of this blog series, we looked at the rule changes around measuring loan concessionality and some possible implications of these. This second par
The proportion of aid that is specifically targeted at gender remains low
The ambition to address global gender inequality is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the commitment to leave no one behind.
Modernising ODA loans: impact of new DAC reporting rules (part 1)
Could the new rules incentivise more loans to indebted countries? The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance
Sustainable Development Goals, seen through the perspective of data standards
Standards help us understand the meaning & significance of data.The SDG framework is a standard of logically classified data.
Where did peacekeeping money go in 2014?
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa received the largest volumes of funding for peacekeeping operations in 2014, reflecting the high levels of conflict and ins
Aid as a proportion of international resources is much bigger for fragile states than other developing countries
In 2014, official development assistance (ODA, commonly known as aid) made up a quarter of total international resources for the 20 most fragile countries
New aid rules allow for the inclusion of a wider set of peace and security activities
Last week, at the High-Level Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC), governmen