A critical dilemma confronting the global development sector is the persistent focus of philanthropy on merely addressing the symptoms of deep-seated social challenges, despite the abundance of resou ...
Building Better Cooperation Between DAC and Non-DAC Providers
If we are to deliver on global commitments—including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—there is an imperative to strengthen international cooperation, and for an increasingly diverse group of ...
The Re-thinking Development Cooperation Working Group: Lessons on Partnership Building
The development landscape has changed significantly since the turn of the century: rules and policies have been shaped, and reshaped; unconventional approaches have been adopted; new multilateral ins ...
Reimagining Philanthropy in the Global South: From Analysis to Action in a Post-COVID World
While there have always been high levels of philanthropic giving in the Global South, the urgency and unexpectedness of COVID-19 transformed the parameters within which philanthropy operates. Reimagi ...
What can Humanitarians Expect from the UN’s Pact for the Future?
‘I’m not that alarmed that this process could damage the multilateral system, but I am worried that it will waste time, resources, and political capital.’ The main UN General Assembly week will se ...
Evidence Brief: Key takeaways from HDP Nexus partnerships supporting displaced populations and host communities
Since the adoption of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR), the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have stren ...
Promoting Collaboration and Challenging Inequitable Systems Exploring Partnerships Between Diaspora and Domestic Actors for Humanitarian Initiatives and Beyond
"The power of the diaspora and our solidarity is a force for positive change in our world. It can uplif communities, it can build bridges, and it can drive progress on such a global scale". Betwee ...
Donor Transformation Challenge: Strengthen your support for grassroots changemakers
The only way positive change happens is when powerful changemakers are recognised, resourced and supported. Citizen action is evolving. We now see less formal civil society organisations (CSOs) and m ...
From Global Goal to Local Development Policy: How Partnerships as a Policy Idea Changes -Through Policy Translation
PurposeThis article explores how partnerships as a policy idea, embedded in United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17, changes as it is translated into local development policies. It ...
Power Dynamics in Foreign Aid
This report summarizes efforts by an international team of academics and practitioners to reflect on changing power dynamics in foreign aid through a series of one-on-one consultations, workshops, an ...