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Burundi at a crossroads
Protestors see the President’s decision as unconstitutional because the presidential office is limited to two terms. The protests and ensuing violence is t
Is Islamic charitable giving a promising resource for future humanitarian assistance?
This blog was originally published on the ALNAP website. You can read the article in full here. We are all too aware of the number and scale of humanitari
Aid down slightly in 2014, but what else does the new DAC data tell us?
After reaching a peak in 2013, official development assistance (ODA) fell by 0.5% in real terms in 2014: Collectively, ODA from the 28 Organisation for Eco
Zakat collection in Indonesia reached US$231.6 million in 2012
Zakat collection has risen at a faster rate than GDP; between 2004 and 2012 GDP in Indonesia more than trebled while Zakat collection increased 15-fold. Za
Global ODA to agriculture increased in 2013
This total can be broken down into three categories: general projects and administration, harvest (crop related) and livestock.* Funding to all three categ
Poverty of people in the global poorest 20% is deeper in LDCs
Two world regions are home to almost four-fifths of the people in the global poorest 20%: South Asia (43%) and sub-Saharan Africa (35%). Three populous cou
Will discussions on DRR financing materialise in Sendai?
The World Disasters Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) opens this weekend in Sendai, Japan. Government representatives from over 100 countries wil
Reporting on gender in emergencies is in decline – can the World Humanitarian Summit help to address this?
On March 11, a workshop will be convened under the auspices of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that will bring together humanitarian policy-
Making open data work for the Community
Guest data blog by Bibhusan Bista, Chief Executive Officer, YoungInnovations “It's difficult to imagine the power that you're going to have when so many di