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20 Jun 18
Global aid transparency has improved but donors still need to make it easier to follow overseas assistance, a global index has warned.
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19 Jun 18
The UK should give at least £1bn a year to global nature conservation through its international aid budget, a joint report has urged.
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18 Jun 18
Spain’s new government has pledged to bring back free healthcare for undocumented migrants, which was removed as part of the former administration's cost-cutting.
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15 Jun 18
The US has released $6.6m to support a United Nations group and a civil defence fund providing relief to those caught up in the civil war in Syria.
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11 Jun 18
The G7 countries will provide nearly $3bn to fund education for the world’s poorest women and girls, Canada’s prime minister has announced.
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7 Jun 18
The European Commission has announced £35.1m in emergency aid to help thousands of people affected by the severe economic crisis in Venezuela.
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6 Jun 18
Countries are being advised to use official development assistance to support waste-collection services around the world in the battle against plastic pollution.
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5 Jun 18
UK official development assistance should be more focused on helping the world’s poorest people, MPs have urged today.
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31 May 18
The European Union has released €40m in humanitarian aid for Bangladesh and Myanmar in support of the Rohingya people.
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29 May 18
The UK has pledged an extra £5m to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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25 May 18
The EU’s plan to expand its External Investment Plan to finance development projects is not backed up by evidence, writes María José Romero and Isabelle Brachet.
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22 May 18
The Somali government and the United Nations have asked for $80m in immediate relief for flood-affected people in the country.
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18 May 18
The European Union will increase spending for education in emergencies to 10% of its overall humanitarian aid budget from 2019.
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17 May 18
The UK has given Malawi £11.9m worth of educational buildings to improve primary and secondary schools.
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14 May 18
The European Commission has released €1.5m in emergency humanitarian funding to help victims of Kenya’s ongoing floods.
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9 May 18
New Zealand will boost its overseas development spending by NZ$714.2m to respond to global emergencies and issues.
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8 May 18
The UK has announced £70m fresh humanitarian support for Rohingya people in Bangladesh ahead of heavy rain.
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3 May 18
The European Union has set out its budget for 2021 to 2027, focusing on sound financial management with an aim to do “more for less”.
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1 May 18
With not-for-profit organisations as worried as the next sector about their life post-Brexit, some have been moving from the UK to a ‘safe hub’ in a bid to protect funding streams. Simone Rensch...
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26 Apr 18
The UK will provide emergency medical support and help protect medical facilities in Syria, international development secretary Penny Mordaunt said yesterday.
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24 Apr 18
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries rebounded to a record level in 2017 after two years of decline, the World Bank has announced.
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24 Apr 18
The UK has urged global leaders to support a pledge to give the world’s most marginalised girls 12 years of ‘good quality’ education.
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19 Apr 18
The European Union will use its own experience in creating digital networks to help Africa do the same and implement e-commerce, its digital economy and society commissioner Mariya Gabriel has said.
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18 Apr 18
Commonwealth countries are to increase efforts to stamp out human trafficking and child exploitation.
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12 Apr 18
UK overseas aid will be diverted away from “governments who can afford to, yet choose not to, invest in their own people”, international development secretary Penny Mordaunt has said.