The most useful tools, reports, books, how-to-guides, videos, briefings, presentations and websites for people working in international development.
As well as Bond’s own publications, we link to other useful resources for charities and NGOs. If there’s anything you think should be here but isn’t, please use the form at the bottom of the page to let us know about it.
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This paper lays out what inclusive economic development means and discusses three areas of work to strengthen the impacts of economic development work.
April, 2018
briefing
DFID
These guidelines will help organisations receiving DFID funding to publish to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) open data standard.
April, 2018
Resource
Bond, Superflux, UNDP, Nesta
A fictional, speculative development organisation was unveiled at the Bond Conference, but many of its innovative approaches and features are becoming real.
March, 2018
report
An independent assessment of the voluntary national review reports submitted to the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in 2017
Together2030
This study analyses the Voluntary National Reviews and a sample of civil society reports produced in 2017 for the High Level Political Forum, identifying best practice and providing recommendations.
March, 2018
report
Nonprofit Tech for Good
This report examines how NGOs worldwide use technology to engage their donors and supporters.
March, 2018
report
National Cyber Security Centre
This report from the National Cyber Security Centre explains how to improve cyber security within your charity.
March, 2018
tool
Bond
The Impact Builder is an online hub of outcomes, indicators and data collection tools designed to help organisations monitor and evaluate their projects.
March, 2018
tool
Bond
The Bond Evidence Principles and checklist are for assessing and improving the quality of evidence in evaluation reports, research reports and case studies.
March, 2018
report
ICAI
This report from ICAI finds that DFID's approach to value for money helps to make UK aid spending go further, but there is room for improvement.
February, 2018
briefing
Four steps to ensure it delivers for poor people
The Bond Development and Environment Group
Extreme weather events are increasing with poor people disproportionately suffering the consequences. Here are four recommendations to ensure the InsuResilience Global Partnership maximises benefits for the most vulnerable.
February, 2018
website
SEEK Development
The Donor Tracker is an online resource that offers free, independent, up-to-date analysis of 14 major OECD donors.
February, 2018
toolkit
Overseas Development Institute
This toolkit provides a framework to think about communications monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), and provides example questions, indicators and tools to do it.
January, 2018
report
What does it mean for the UK’s engagement with health systems in middle-income countries?
THET
This discussion paper from THET makes the case that for aid to alleviate extreme poverty in the poorest countries it is important to recognise the role of UK engagement with middle-income countries.
January, 2018
report
World Economic Forum
This report from the World Economic Forum identifies and analyses the most pressing risks the world faces.
January, 2018
briefing
Campaign Collective
This guide aims to let charities know what they can do within the rules of the Lobbying Act and to empower them to feel comfortable and confident in continuing campaigning.
January, 2018
report
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Sustainia and Coinify
It then explores four ways in which blockchain can be applied to hack the future of development aid and accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals.
January, 2018
report
Bond
This report proposes options for UK-European civil society organisation collaboration in the lead up to and following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.
January, 2018
report
How the development community is realising the pledge
Bond
This report looks at the main actions being undertaken by European donor governments, development institutions and civil society to achieve the commitment to "leave no one behind".
January, 2018
report
Bond
This briefing from the Bond Disability and Development Group considers how stigma affects people with disabilities and why challenging stigma is a critical issue for development.
December, 2017
tool
Bond
This learning paper builds on the collective experience of individuals from organisations that have undertaken an organisational theory of change as well as some that elected not to utilise a theory of change approach in their organisational strategy
December, 2017