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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
Monitoring the SDGs: getting the data to talk
How do the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals differ? Where are the gaps, overlaps and clashes between them?
Does DFID’s new fragile states list point towards a shift in funding allocation?
Last week, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) published a new Fragile States and Regions List to guide its approach in allocating res
Joining up standards: so what?
Can joining up data standards help add a useful perspective to our understanding of the real world?
The Open Data Charter: A breakthrough for joined-up data standards
The international Open Data Charter launched in New York last month is the first globally inclusive and comprehensive manifesto of its type.
Will a 'grand bargain' solve the humanitarian funding crisis?
This article was originally written for the Guardian Development Professionals Network as an opinion-piece looking at the High Level Panel on Humanitarian
The challenges facing national institutions in leading their poverty eradications agendas
In July of last year there was universal agreement under the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on the need for national institutions to be at the heart of, and hav
UN-coordinated appeals 2016 – another rise, another anticipated shortfall?
Last week, the UN launched the annual global appeal for humanitarian funding – the Global Humanitarian Overview. And once again, now for the fourth year ru