Locally led humanitarian action

UK aid trends in a challenging global context

A briefing analysing trends in UK ODA over the past decade and how aid cuts and converging global crises have affected delivery of development goals.

• Research and Studies

Polarization, social cohesion, and atrocities: Approaches for a safer world

The study aimed to examine the lessons learned from implementation in high-risk atrocity contexts to improve early action to prevent atrocities.

• Research and Studies

Data analysis to leave no one behind in Simta, Nepal

This report from Development Initiatives examines Simta municipality, using census and local data to identify who is most at risk of being left behind. It highlights women and children as the most disadvantaged and calls for stronger data and social protection to ensure inclusive development.

• Research and Studies

“All work on climate change must include the voice of women” Feminist perspectives from the frontlines of the climate crisis

• Research and Studies

Explain: The climate crisis and humanitarian action

• Research and Studies

Explain: Localisation and locally led humanitarian action [2023]

Explain: Localisation and locally led humanitarian action [2023 version]

• Research and Studies

Briefing Paper: Giving civil society a stake in Ukraine's recovery

• Research and Studies

VOICE out loud 35 - Localisation: Exploring a multifaceted agenda

• Research and Studies

Trends in traditional and non-traditional aid flows to Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia

An overview of traditional and non-traditional aid flows to Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, comparing donors, financing instruments and sectoral priorities.

• Research and Studies

Adapting to Shifts in the Humanitarian Paradigm

Voice out loud - Reinforcing capacity sharing and mutual learning between local and international humanitarian actors

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2023

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

NNGO Voices: Leader Perspectives on Locally-Led Development

• Research and Studies

Inequality: Global trends

The 2023 inequality factsheet highlights how global crises have deepened disparities and reinforced poverty links. It calls for stronger evidence and more effective finance to address inequality in all its dimensions.

• Research and Studies

Still too important to fail: Addressing the humanitarian financing gap in an era of escalating climate impacts

As climate and conflict drive humanitarian needs to record levels, this paper explores why funding continues to fall short and what must change.

• Research and Studies

Localising humanitarian action: Case studies from Uganda, Kenya, the Philippines and India

This report highlights the achievements of the C4C Working Group in Uganda and summarises learning from three organisations championing localisation in Kenya, the Philippines, and India.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Caucus on funding for localisation: Collective monitoring and accountability framework

Indirect cost recovery for local partners: One step to more equitable partnerships

This webinar engaged donors, international and national NGOs and UN agencies to exchange lessons learnt and practical ideas around how to advance fairer indirect cost funding practices for local and national actors.

• Research and Studies

Improving gender data to leave no one behind

This report examines critical gaps in gender data and proposes strategies to strengthen inclusive data systems that underpin effective policies for reducing inequality and ensuring no one is left behind.

• Research and Studies

Résumé d'Évaluation du processus du Pôle de Formation Chirurgicale à Bukavu, RDC 2022

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned