In this second brief, we examine the ways that the primary legal mandate of UK ODA – to contribute towards eradicating poverty – has been eroded in recent years.
After a raft of cuts to official development assistance under the previous government, the impact has been devastating. It is imperative that the new government bucks the trend and plans a path back to 0.7%.
The first brief of this series examines two decisions the previous government made which significantly affected both the quantity and quality of the UK aid budget and subsequently damaged the UK’s reputation as a reliable development partner.
Following significant FCDO ODA spending increases in 2023/24, revised plans for 2024/25 signal a scale-back in efforts to rebuild UK development ambitions, despite the new government’s pledge to ‘rebuild Britain’s reputation on international development’.
It seems clear that it’s time for a new approach to financing for sustainable development rooted in justice and human rights. The Fourth International Financing for Sustainable Development Conference poses a great chance to get back on track.
Publish What You Fund’s launch of the bi-annual Aid transparency Index is today. So how has the UK faired against its transparency commitments? Elma Jenkins takes us through the numbers.
It is important that the new government is clear-eyed about the challenges it faces in rebuilding the UK’s ODA ambitions and reputation. Our Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research Gideon Rabinowitz takes us through the best place to start.
Following Labour’s victory in the general election, our CEO Romilly Greenhill welcomes the new government, and offers a list of priorities for their first days in office to help the UK get back on track with international development and humanitarian issue.
Following the publication of their latest study, Huib Huyse and Lara Helsen of HIVA-KU Leuven look at what other European countries have in common with the tumultuous development cooperation trajectory of the UK over the previous five years.
