Prioritisation

The conundrum of climate financing: Where is the finance for sustainable, resilient, innovative solutions?

This paper proposes some foundations for just climate financing, and asks why funds are still insufficient for climate adaption to tackle climate change

• Research and Studies

Revitalising the Good Humanitarian Donorship initiative: A 20-year review

Commissioned to revive the GHDI initiative, this report presents the need and demand for improvements to the clarity of the GHDI function, and the effectiveness of its working.

• Research and Studies

Influencer Europe: How European donors could drive much-needed humanitarian reform through strategic coordination

• Research and Studies

The localization agenda 2.0

• Research and Studies

Pagkakaloob: The Filipino concept and practice of community philanthropy

Türkiye earthquakes 2023: Lessons learned on business engagement in the humanitarian response

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Improving the impact of ODA on social protection in Kenya

This briefing explores how official development assistance has strengthened Kenya’s social protection programmes — improving welfare for vulnerable households while highlighting challenges and opportunities for sustainable financing.

• Research and Studies

The role of ODA in delivering social protection programmes in Kenya: trends in disbursements, impacts on programmes and key lessons

This briefing explores the role of ODA in delivering social protection programmes in Kenya

• Research and Studies

Gender-focused ODA to health and agriculture in Ethiopia

This report assesses the use of ODA in programmes with a gender focus in the health and agriculture sectors in Ethiopia, and how an enabling environment can be fostered for development outcomes.

• Research and Studies

Aid in 2022: Key facts about official development assistance

This resource highlights key facts from Development Initiatives’ analysis of global aid reported in 2022.

• Research and Studies

Global Public Investment: Climate finance and the role of GPI in Namibia

This technical note presents an overview of the climate financing environment in Namibia and assess and address the impact of climate change on the country. It further explores how the Global Public Investment (GPI) approach can assist in addressing any financing gaps in Namibia.

• Research and Studies

Global Public Investment: A climate finance solution for West Africa

This study strives to contribute to popularizing the concept of GPI for climate financing.

• Research and Studies

Evaluation Budgeting

• Guidance and Tools

The failure to fund refugee-led organisations: why the current system is not working, and the potential for change

• Research and Studies

Funding the localization agenda: Measuring progress of United States development and humanitarian assistance to local organizations

• Research and Studies

How should we define and prioritise humanitarian need?

• Research and Studies

Navigating fragility: the new multilateral agenda

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

How the DAC rules are changing and why you should care

This event helps CSOs by providing an overview of the changes made in the ODA reporting of private sector instruments so that they can better understand the expected impact on the quantity and quality of ODA in the years to come.

• Research and Studies

Three years of UK aid cuts: Where has ODA been hit hardest?

This factsheet tracks the countries and sectors most affected after three years of reductions in UK ODA.

• Research and Studies

The Role of Development Finance Institutions in Addressing Food Security in Vulnerable Contexts

• Research and Studies