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15 Feb 24
A bill that would deliver military assistance and aid to Ukraine and Israel has moved one step closer following Senate approval.
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2 Feb 24
Finance ministers agreed to the first ever revision of the European Union’s long-term budget to provide €50bn of support to Ukraine.
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2 Feb 24
Gaza’s economic recovery after the war could take up to 70 years without a properly funded support programme, a United Nations agency has warned.
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7 Jul 23
Baltic state becomes 32nd member of the group after an “exceptional” increase in aid spending
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26 May 23
The Horn of Africa will need at least $7bn in aid this year to avoid a catastrophe caused by climate change and conflict, the UN has said.
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22 Feb 23
The Ukrainian government has requested $15bn from the International Monetary Fund to meet immediate spending needs and pay for structural reforms.
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24 Jan 23
Haiti has been given a financial lifeline by the IMF to avoid a famine.
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22 Dec 22
An emotional appeal by the Ukrainian president in the US secured more than $2bn in new aid for his country amid continued Russian aggression.
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11 Aug 22
The United Nations has nearly doubled its request for donations to help its aid workers continue to assist those displaced by the Russian invasion.
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18 Jul 22
The Ukrainian government needs $9bn of aid per month to keep public finances going in the nation whose economy, as well as its land and cities, has been ravaged as a result of the Russian invasion, a...
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12 Apr 22
International aid rose to a record $179bn in 2021 as developed countries increased their efforts to help their developing counterparts deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, OECD figures have shown.
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12 Apr 22
Ukraine’s finance minister has asked donors for immediate help to finance his government’s growing deficit caused by the Russian invasion.
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9 Mar 22
The Polish government has approved a fund worth at least £1.3bn to help Ukrainian refugees, and to provide additional support to local authorities.
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2 Mar 22
The World Bank executive board has announced it will use more than $1bn from a frozen Afghan trust fund to provide basic services and aid to the people while keeping the money out of the Taliban’s...
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25 Aug 21
The World Bank has stopped funding aid programmes in Afghanistan in light of the Taliban taking control of the country.
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17 Aug 21
The Taliban must ensure continuity of public services in Afghanistan after taking power so as to mitigate the humanitarian crisis engulfing the country, the leader of the United Nations has said.
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17 Mar 21
A group of Democratic US politicians have proposed spending $12bn more on foreign affairs after years of flat spending.
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2 Mar 21
The international community has pledged less than half of what the United Nations said it needs to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, according to the organisation’s secretary-general António...
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2 Sep 20
The UK will reform the body that scrutinises its aid spending as it merges its international development department with the Foreign Office, the government has announced.
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2 Jul 20
Nearly $8bn of aid has been raised for Syria in just one day at a donor conference in Brussels.
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24 Mar 20
The US has reduced the amount of aid it will send to Afghanistan this year by $1bn, in response to politicians’ failure to agree a unity government.
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20 Feb 20
Huge amounts of international aid meant for some of the world’s poorest people is ending up in tax havens, according to a report by World Bank economists.
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13 Dec 19
Countries need help when transitioning from receiving aid to self-sufficiency, academics have said, pointing to Botswana as a good example for poor countries to follow.
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11 Dec 19
Campaigners have hit out at suggestions the Department for International Development could be rolled in the Foreign Office, warning it would “diminish” the UK’s global influence.
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10 Dec 19
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said questions must be asked after a devastating volcanic eruption on White Island left at least six people dead.
15 Feb 24A bill that would deliver military assistance and aid to Ukraine and Israel has moved one step closer following Senate approval.
2 Feb 24Finance ministers agreed to the first ever revision of the European Union’s long-term budget to provide €50bn of support to Ukraine.
2 Feb 24Gaza’s economic recovery after the war could take up to 70 years without a properly funded support programme, a United Nations agency has warned.
7 Jul 23Baltic state becomes 32nd member of the group after an “exceptional” increase in aid spending
26 May 23The Horn of Africa will need at least $7bn in aid this year to avoid a catastrophe caused by climate change and conflict, the UN has said.
22 Feb 23The Ukrainian government has requested $15bn from the International Monetary Fund to meet immediate spending needs and pay for structural reforms.
24 Jan 23Haiti has been given a financial lifeline by the IMF to avoid a famine.
22 Dec 22An emotional appeal by the Ukrainian president in the US secured more than $2bn in new aid for his country amid continued Russian aggression.
12 Apr 22International aid rose to a record $179bn in 2021 as developed countries increased their efforts to help their developing counterparts deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, OECD figures have shown.
9 Mar 22The Polish government has approved a fund worth at least £1.3bn to help Ukrainian refugees, and to provide additional support to local authorities.
2 Mar 22The World Bank executive board has announced it will use more than $1bn from a frozen Afghan trust fund to provide basic services and aid to the people while keeping the money out of the Taliban’s...
17 Aug 21The Taliban must ensure continuity of public services in Afghanistan after taking power so as to mitigate the humanitarian crisis engulfing the country, the leader of the United Nations has said.
17 Mar 21A group of Democratic US politicians have proposed spending $12bn more on foreign affairs after years of flat spending.
2 Mar 21The international community has pledged less than half of what the United Nations said it needs to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, according to the organisation’s secretary-general António...
2 Sep 20The UK will reform the body that scrutinises its aid spending as it merges its international development department with the Foreign Office, the government has announced.
2 Jul 20Nearly $8bn of aid has been raised for Syria in just one day at a donor conference in Brussels.
24 Mar 20The US has reduced the amount of aid it will send to Afghanistan this year by $1bn, in response to politicians’ failure to agree a unity government.
20 Feb 20Huge amounts of international aid meant for some of the world’s poorest people is ending up in tax havens, according to a report by World Bank economists.
13 Dec 19Countries need help when transitioning from receiving aid to self-sufficiency, academics have said, pointing to Botswana as a good example for poor countries to follow.
11 Dec 19Campaigners have hit out at suggestions the Department for International Development could be rolled in the Foreign Office, warning it would “diminish” the UK’s global influence.
10 Dec 19New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said questions must be asked after a devastating volcanic eruption on White Island left at least six people dead.
