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Momentum is building across the development sector to shift power over funding decisions to the communities where the money is being spent. Dominic Vickers reports experiences from organisations that are leading the way.
As the international development sector increasingly seeks to decolonise practice and ‘shift the power’, is there still a place for global volunteering?
Today, Wednesday 15th October, The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has released a comprehensive review examining the past six years of…
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.
On this International Day of the Girl, let us commit to accelerating action by centring adolescent girls’ leadership in research, advocacy and action.
The new EU and UK deforestation regulations pose significant challenges for smallholder farmers. How can the UK government ensure no one is ‘left behind’?
7 October 2025 marks the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel. Two years on, the conflict in Gaza…
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.
Ahead of the Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride’s speech at Conservative party conference on Monday 6 October, the Conservatives have announced…
