As the UK government implements its cuts to ODA, the newly released Statistics for International Development (SIDs) offer important spending insights on these reductions. Here are the key takeaways.
As the impact of the UK’s decision to slash international development funding really starts to hit home, NGOs are pushing to shift decision-making over projects to local people, Romilly Greenhill writes.
More than a year since the Prime Minister announced drastic cuts to the UK aid budget from 0.5% to just 0.3% of GNI by 2027/28 – the steepest among G7 countries – last week the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP made a long-awaited statement to set out the FCDO’s ODA allocation for 2026/27 to 2028/29. Here is our analysis.
New research highlights how reductions in government aid shapes public attitudes and real donation behaviour, with practical implications for organisations navigating today’s fundraising landscape.
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) – the UK’s independent aid watchdog – was unexpectedly is back in the news, as MPs were told that its future may well be in doubt…again.
One year on from the gutting of USAID by the Trump administration, our Media Advisor, Emily Loynes, looks back over a period of upheaval and uncertainty for the sector, including many of Bond’s members, and a global aid landscape still coming to terms with its new reality.
Sweeping cuts to global aid have ushered in a crisis, but they are also creating the opportunity to transform how global health partnerships develop and function for the better.
What is needed at such a time of crisis is a clear vision for how to deliver the most impact from the current development cooperation system. Yet, despite being in office for 18 months already, this government is yet to set out such a vision for its development cooperation.
In a widely condemned move, on 30 December, Israel announced they will be revoking licenses of 37 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Here’s what we know so far.
