Four ways to reimagine public development banks to nurture more equitable, sustainable and rights-based development
…than 500 public development banks have convened at the fourth annual Finance in Common Summit in Colombia to discuss their role in transforming the financial system to support common action…
Farmers, food and freedom: how trade deals are undermining the right to seeds
…keep costs down for farmers, reducing or preventing dependency on commercial, protected varieties that tend to be more expensive. Finally, farmer-managed seed systems can provide forums for farmers to come…
How UK aid is being used to combat the Covid-19 pandemic
…for Africa (AFRO)) on 8th February. DFID has confirmed that the additional commitment of ?20 million for coronavirus research by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for…
How can we work together to realise the promise of human rights 75 years on?
…by example. Through the recent UNGA Third Committee Resolutions on Human Rights Defenders, the UK government has made sweeping commitments to protect human rights defenders and keep space to protest…
Compliance for INGO partners is riddled with colonial attitudes. Hereโs how that can changeโฆ
How can large NGOs and smaller organisations based in communities we support work together to decolonise compliance and move from a culture of control to one of mutual trust? Compliance…
Common problems with transferring data from AidStream to the IATI registry
…Is the financial information correct and are there no obvious mistakes such as commas in the numbers? An alternative way to check your data is to download it as a…
Freedoms under threat: Why we need to tackle the root causes of closing civic space
…a worldwide regression in civic space. The Funders Initiative for Civil Society conducted research on closing civic space and interviewed 150 movements, civil society organisations, journalists, and funders. The research…
What the new government can do for international development
…effectively, it should be fully funded and receive sufficiently high-level ministerial support. Communications Communications between the development community and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have been fraught. The…
Campaigning during the clampdown
…playbook to delegitimise civil society These legislative changes are part of a clear playbook the Government is using to delegitimise civil society and reduce accountability. The government has established a…
How Bond’s working groups spent 2022 and whatโs to come in 2023
…focused on communications strategies, focusing on identifying contemporary challenges in development communications. The resulting blog post captured our learning, focusing on the challenge of “establishing comms as a strategic function”,…