As a member of the Development Finance team, Euan helps translate DI’s research and analysis work into policy proposals by considering how aid and more broadly, development finance, can be best used to reduce poverty and inequality.
Prior to joining DI, Euan was a Policy Analyst at the Center for Global Development where he worked on UK development policy; explored development finance from non-DAC providers; and probed aid providers’ response to rules governing how aid is measured. He has also worked as an economist for the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics, helping to produce and disseminate economic data, and for the UK Office for National Statistics.
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What the OECD’s latest data tells us about global aid in 2022
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee recently published its final aid data for 2022, and it’s not good news for the world’s least-developed and low-income countries. Euan Ritchie of Development Initiatives takes us through the numbers.
UK aid: Exploring the positives amidst cuts and challenges
After a difficult few years for UK aid advocates, there have recently been signs that FCDO might be on the verge of turning a corner. Here are some of the positives emerging from the FCDO’s annual report 22-23.
Counting excess vaccine donations as ODA inflated aid in 2021: Here’s why they still shouldn’t count
Development Initiatives’ (DI) Euan Ritchie explains how donors counted vaccines as Official Development Assistance in 2021, and why the current OECD DAC rules on counting vaccines should change to stop inflating aid. Originally published on the DI website.