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    PM pledges 0.7% aid spending must serve UK’s interests

    Theresa May announces that UK aid will be used to further private sector investment in Africa and to serve the UK's national security interests.

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    Stats on international development: how UK aid was spent in 2017

    Stats published by DFID show that the UK met the 0.7% Official Development Assistance target last year.

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    OECD-DAC reform: Changing the rules for the better, not worse

    Amy Dodd from the UK Aid Network discusses why changing the rules on how aid can be spent risks having a negative impact on people's lives.

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Aid hub

International aid forms an important part of a complex set of international development interventions that aim to lift people out of poverty and support countries to become self-sustaining.

This hub brings together the most useful aid resources to support those wanting to stand up for aid, and it gathers the latest news and views about international aid.

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Aid resources

Refugee camp in Bangladesh

From Voices to Choices

This report explores the dynamics of decision-making in humanitarian aid, looking at the trends that could move us (or prevent us from moving) to a system where people affected by crises are taking the decisions about the aid that they receive.
8 November 2018
Emmanuel, village chief and entrepreneur in CAR

The State of UK Aid 2017

This report looks at UK aid through the lens of its primary and fundamental purpose – to target and eliminate poverty.
1 May 2017
Group of rural women in Guatemala

AidWatch 2018

CONCORD's annual AidWatch report monitors and makes recommendations on the quality and quantity of aid provided by EU member states.
17 October 2018
Rohingya children in Bangladesh refugee camp supported by UK aid

International aid in brief

This accessible briefing for MPs covers essential information on UK aid, explaining what it is, how it is spent and why it is so important in the fight to eradicate extreme poverty.
19 September 2018
Esperenze Ndabuye, 30 has 9 children. Esperenze and her eldest daughter were raped after being shot to prevent them escaping when soldiers broke into their home

Gender-based violence programming in contexts affected by violence and conflict

Christian Aid's report on gender-based violence identifies the most effective strategies for aid workers to use when challenging the disproportionate violence inflicted on women, girls and the LGBTQI community.
28 August 2018
Man stands in destroyed Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan

Lessons learnt in participatory disaster risk reduction planning

Learnings based on Tearfund's response to Typhoon Haiyan, which hit South East Asia in 2013.
8 August 2018

Aid news and views from Bond

Headshot of Penny Mordaunt

Mordaunt’s vision for aid: more spending on private investment

Secretary of state for international development Penny Mordaunt outlined her vision for UK aid, including using aid for private sector investment into developing countries post-Brexit.
9 October 2018
Waterfront houses in Nha Trang

What does new World Bank data tell us about progress on poverty?

New World Bank data estimating the number of people in poverty as of 2015 shows that although progress has been made on aggregate, poverty headcounts are increasing in a number of countries.
2 October 2018
Delegates listening at Labour Party Conference

Highlights from the Labour Conference 2018

A roundup of the international development issues discussed at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
27 September 2018