Ken Bluestone
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UK government Spending Round: implications for international aid
In today’s UK government Spending Round, Chancellor Sajid Javid pledged that the UK would continue to meet its commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on overseas aid. Announcements on…
The State of the Humanitarian System 2018
The State of the Humanitarian System is an independent study that compiles the latest statistics on the size, shape and scope of the humanitarian system and assesses overall performance and…
FCDO confirms £4.6bn loss to UK aid in new statistics – reaction from Bond, the UK network of NGOs
Today, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has published its provisional statistics report on how UK aid was spent in 2021. It includes comparisons with its 2020 spend, and…
Ligia Alencastre Medrano
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Identifying the Intended User(s) and Use(s) of an Evaluation
Guideline for providing ideas and suggestions for identifying the primary intended users and the intended uses of an evaluation and drawing attention to the importance of doing so from the…
Highlights from Conservative Party Conference 2018
…global progress Prime minister Theresa May danced onto the stage (no, really) and used her speech to emphasise the need for unity ahead of the final stages of the Brexit…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s £394m assistance for Ukraine in spring statement – reaction from Bond, the UK network of NGOs
…be coming out of the already-reduced UK aid budget, which Sunak cut from 0.7 to 0.5 per cent of gross national income (GNI) last year, rather than being additional to…
Humanitarian Award
…sector, community organisations or government organisations. Judging criteria Entries will be judged on the following criteria: How compellingly you tell their story How the individual made an outstanding contribution to…
Will the poverty SDGs be met?
In a paper and summary brief for the United Nations University World Institute of Development Economics Research we assess progress towards the global poverty-related SDGs, specifically monetary poverty, undernutrition, child…