On February 3, 2025, exactly 20 years after former South African President Nelson Mandela stood in front of a cheering crowd in London’s Trafalgar Square to launch a historic global campaign to “make ...

Spread the loveOfficial Development Assistance (ODA) plays a pivotal role in the economic development and welfare of many developing nations. Since its inception in 1969, ODA has been recognized as ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces a major defense spending increase, funded by deep cuts to foreign aid—raising concerns about the future of global development and humanitarian efforts. Foreign ...

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Donald Trump’s new administration has plunged international development assistance into an existential crisis. Within hours of taking office in January, the ...

A February rally in Upper Senate Park to demand that congress and President Trump act to restore foreign aid. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) The world’s biggest aid donors are ...

JOHANNESBURG, April 8 (Retuers) - Wealthy nations slashed their development aid in 2025, probably by record-breaking amounts, a debt group said, ahead ‌of data set to be released on Thursday by the ...

This paper was written in November 2024 prior to the inauguration of President Trump, and as such does not reflect or account for the changes that have occurred in the development space since then due ...

What is the future of development cooperation? Four experts examine the foundations of a system that often serves donors better than recipients, as they unanimously observe. The Organization for ...

The benefits of empowering women extend far beyond the immediate recipients of gender-related aid, fostering economic growth, political stability, and social cohesion. Recognizing these benefits, ...

Since the end of the Cold War, dramatic changes in the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region have transformed Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) strategy, as evidenced by ...