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March 14, 2024
Since the absorption of the Department for International Development (DFID) into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, there has been a clear pattern in the fortunes of the development function of the department, every decision taken made the UK’s development function worse: less impactful, less effi...
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May 19, 2023
In recent years, the international constituency for development has expanded beyond the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC). At a time when the global nature of development challenges requires utilizing diverse skills, knowledge, and ...
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March 20, 2023
The UK's Energy Price Guarantee increased CO2 emissions by 3.2 million tonnes over the period October 2022-April 2023—double the achievements of UK climate mitigation aid over the same period, which we estimate at a reduction of just 1.6 million tonnes of CO2, demonstrating that when it is expedient...
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February 01, 2023
In December 2022, the international development community gathered in Geneva (and online) for the third High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). In recent years, declining political interest and stalled progress towards effectiveness targets h...
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November 23, 2022
Living up to the challenge of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, especially after meagre emission reduction outcomes at COP 27, will not only require much more finance but also much more effective climate finance—from both the public and private sectors. The world will need to develop new te...