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Bond statement on ICAI report on UK aid to Sudan
Today, Wednesday 15th October, The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has released a comprehensive review examining the past six years of…
The IMF is ideologically committed to neoliberalism despite its pronouncements on social inequality
Ahead of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Annual meetings, which start on 13 October, The Bretton Woods Project has launched a new website analysing IMF surveillance from the last 15 years. Tara Povey takes us through what they’ve discovered.
Why and how we should listen to adolescent girls
On this International Day of the Girl, let us commit to accelerating action by centring adolescent girls’ leadership in research, advocacy and action.
Leave no-one behind: smallholder farmers must be put at the centre of tackling deforestation in supply chains
The new EU and UK deforestation regulations pose significant challenges for smallholder farmers. How can the UK government ensure no one is ‘left behind’?
Bond statement on the second anniversary of the 7th October attacks
7 October 2025 marks the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel. Two years on, the conflict in Gaza…
When help hurts: why leaders with disabilities are demanding fairer funding … and showing how it can be done
Across Africa and Asia, a growing movement of dynamic leaders with disabilities is speaking out about the awful realities of the current funding system – and offering bold, practical alternatives rooted in lived experience.
Conservatives would slash UK aid budget further – Bond reaction
Ahead of the Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride’s speech at Conservative party conference on Monday 6 October, the Conservatives have announced…
Sharing overheads – are we walking the talk on equitable partnerships or tinkering around the edges?
Making sure civil society partners receive a fair share of overheads in every project is critical to building strong partnerships. But how many INGOs are actually doing this?