Briefing
The UK’s 2027 G20 Presidency: A historic opportunity to reform the global financial system
Ahead of the upcoming G20 presidency, an emerging coalition of UK-based NGOs is sharing its policy asks on debt, tax and illicit finance.
Campaigning
Report
Narrative values: UK engagement with overseas “aid”
In the UK, there is still a strong moral instinct to support people facing poverty and crisis. But public engagement is under pressure from low trust, doubts about effectiveness and a lack of connection to people’s everyday concerns. This report brings together 18 months of research on how the British public understands and engages with overseas "aid" and advice about what we can do about it.
What does handing over a programme to government require?
Luke Stannard shares three lessons from Can’t Wait to Learn, a digital learning platform which has been successfully transitioned from an NGO to a government-run initiative.
Putting people at the heart of change: Andy Burnham’s chance to rewrite Britain’s international development legacy
As Britain’s newest prime minister gets underway, CBM UK CEO and Chair of Bond, Kirsty Smith OBE, reflects on how Andy Burnham and his new cabinet should connect his desire for renewal at home with responsibility abroad.
Six pathways to creating change: a fresh way to understand government responsiveness and civil society impact in fiscal governance
What are the six impact pathways? Faith Pienaar from International Budget Partnership explores what applying them revealed about how government responsiveness works in practice and what the evaluation found about what actually drives sustained impact.
Is the BBC meeting its international news remit – and why should we care?
To investigate how well the BBC – and other broadcasters in the UK – are helping audiences understand and engage with the world, the International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) analysed the international news coverage on their flagship television news programmes, social media feeds, news apps, and bulletins. Three key findings stand out.
Global Partnerships Conference: shifting power must be more than a slogan
If shifting power is to mean anything, it cannot remain a phrase attached to a system in which money, risk and decision making still flow upward. So, what does a genuine shift in power mean?
Shifting the balance of power: an urgent need for legislative reform to protect rights
Eleanor Rosenbach, co-director of the Corporate Justice Coalition, on how to address the rampant power imbalance between businesses on the one hand, and people and communities on the other.
What’s going on at – and around – the Global Partnerships Conference this week
Bond members’ events and highlights at this pivotal conference on the future of development cooperation and international partnerships.