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A Stocktake of Global Humanitarian Assistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Webinar

How are aid budgets changing due to the Covid 19 crisis?

This factsheet shows how the pandemic reshaped global aid: bilateral donors cut back, while multilaterals like the World Bank and Global Fund scaled up. It tracks shifts in health and water/sanitation funding and highlights the challenge of monitoring Covid 19-related aid in real time.

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Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) report 2020

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Animated Summary: Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2020

Catalogue of quality funding practices to the humanitarian response (July 2020)

This report provides a reference tool for policymakers and practitioners, both Grand Bargain signatories and non-signatories, with examples of the manner and form in which funding is and could be provided to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of programming

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Kenya’s Covid-19 budget: Funding for health and welfare

This budget highlights increased health spending but persistent gaps, reduced social protection, and calls for stronger healthcare, safety nets, and equitable household support.

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Aid spent on health: ODA data on donors, sectors, recipients

This paper examines key trends in ODA to health, using the latest data to assess who the major donors are and where health ODA expenditure is disbursed, at the recipient and subsector level.

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Disability-inclusive ODA: Aid data on donors, channels, recipients

This paper outlines a keyword approach used to identify international aid projects that are targeted for the purpose of disability inclusion.

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Covid-19 and financing projections for developing countries

This document is to assess and project the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on financing for developing countries—covering domestic resources, international flows (FDI, remittances, tourism), official development assistance (ODA), and debt—and to highlight the urgent need for reform in the global financing system.

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Socioeconomic impact of Covid-19 in Kenya

How has coronavirus impacted housing, transport, food security and the labour force in Kenya? This paper looks at government measures initiated in these areas.

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How Can We Give Durable Support to Refugees in Crisis Contexts? Podcast

Merging DFID and the FCO: Implications for UK aid

This briefing explains how merging DFID into the FCO could shift UK aid away from helping the poorest and most fragile communities toward political priorities. It urges the government to keep DFID’s focus on poverty reduction, inclusion, and transparency so aid continues to reach those who need it most.

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Supporting Grand Bargain signatories in meeting commitments to greater transparency

What progress have Grand Bargain signatories made in publishing accurate and timely data, and how does it inform humanitarian decision-making?

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'A Win-Win' - IRC Report on the Benefits of Multi-year, Flexible Funding

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DFID's aid spending for nutrition 2018

This report tracks DFID’s nutrition-related ODA spending, monitors UK progress on 2013 Nutrition for Growth targets due in 2020, and sets the stage for new commitments at the 2021 Tokyo Summit.

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Research Brief 1 of 4 - Publication of Humanitarian Funding Data

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Research Brief 2 of 4 - Data Collection Analysis and Use in Protracted Humanitarian Crises

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The P20 in Benin: From consultation to consensus

This document is about the P20 approach, which measures whether the poorest 20% of people are included in progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

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The challenges of data on the financing response to COVID-19

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Les P20 au Bénin: De la consultation au consensus

Ce rapport vise à amorcer une discussion sur le potentiel de l'approche P20 en s'appuyant sur un ensemble de questions et une discussion préliminaire relatives à la manière dont l'approche P20 pourrait être appliquée au niveau infranational.

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