Development Initiatives (DI)
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DI works with partners to ensure data-driven evidence and analysis are used effectively to end poverty, reduce inequality and increase resilience.
Joined October 2009
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With rising demand, improving #humanitarian funding to maximise impact is critical. Ahead of the @GrandBargain_ annual meeting, our new report assesses progress on #localisiation, cash and voucher assistance and #AnticipatoryAction budgets
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The latest data on global humanitarian assistance, as well as progress on Grand Bargain localisation targets, cash and voucher assistance, and anticipatory action.
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With crises becoming increasingly protracted, the large #humanitarian funding gap is partly due to a lack of political solutions. Action is needed to address underlying drivers and increase multi-year funding and planning. Read more in our new report https://t.co/3TLGw58c2c
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Growth in #humanitarian cash and voucher assistance is one of the few success stories of the #GrandBargain, but greater focus is needed to ensure local and national actors are not bypassed. Explore the latest #data in our new report https://t.co/3TLGw58c2c
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Thanks to @illied at @newhumanitarian for covering our new report on #HumanitarianAid. In 2023, the #humanitarian funding gap was the largest on record. Tough choices lie ahead, including for the #GrandBargain: https://t.co/v9CP4oMUlY
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Crises are lasting longer, big funding gaps are the new norm, and key reforms also keep money concentrated in the same hands.
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The #humanitarian donor base continued to narrow in 2023, underlining the fragility of a system already under strain. Explore the latest #data in our new report https://t.co/3TLGw58JRK
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While remaining historically high, #humanitarian funding stalled in 2023, failing to keep pace with rising demand. Read our new report to explore the latest #data and our recommendations to the #GrandBargain to address key challenges https://t.co/3TLGw58JRK
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2023 had the largest shortfall in #humanitarian funding ever recorded, & we know 2024 is dismal too. @devinitorg reviews the lack of #GrandBargain progress. I ask Why does the majority of funding still flow to UN agencies while NGOs are left behind? It’s time to rebalance
The #humanitarian funding gap was the largest on record in 2023, and funding is set to fall in 2024. Our new report explores the latest #data on global humanitarian assistance and assesses progress by the #GrandBargain on improving humanitarian action https://t.co/3TLGw58JRK
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The #humanitarian funding gap was the largest on record in 2023, and funding is set to fall in 2024. Our new report explores the latest #data on global humanitarian assistance and assesses progress by the #GrandBargain on improving humanitarian action https://t.co/3TLGw58JRK
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With funding failing to keep pace with rising demand, how can #humanitarian actors ensure the most effective use of limited resources? Our new report on humanitarian funding and reform is coming soon. Join our mailing for updates https://t.co/ggm7dml9IL
#HumanitarianAid
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On 17 October from 15:00 - 16:00 BST, DI's Mike Pearson joins the @SWIntDevNetwork annual conference to discuss examples of change towards locally led #development. Read more and register: https://t.co/7pg4JodJzo
#localisation #humanitarian
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Ending extreme poverty among women could take 137 more years at the current rate of change. To address commitments to women & girls, we need a radical shift to address the current trajectory on #genderequality. Read the #GenderSnapshot2024 from @UN_Women: https://t.co/bmg8CbtoDN
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PRESS RELEASE 📢 President Ruto announces Kenya as the host of the 2026 Global Data Festival Kenya is becoming known as the Silicon Savannah, and what better place to bring together the data community for our next data festival! Read: https://t.co/3HIM5WsYHK
@WilliamsRuto
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At the UN yesterday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and @WorldBank Group President Ajay Banga took an important step toward tackling some of the most urgent challenges facing the world’s poorest countries, with Denmark making an early commitment to this year’s
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As Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change, Kenya presented Africa’s Common Position for COP29 during the Committee of African Heads of State on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) meeting at the sidelines of UNGA79 in New York. At COP29, Africa calls for $1.3 trillion
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The situation in Sudan is a humanitarian catastrophe. Millions are staring starvation in the face. There must be urgent action led from the UN in New York. My article in The Guardian ⬇️
With more than a million lives at risk in Sudan, the UN must make a decisive intervention. If not now, when? | Andrew Mitchell
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Today is the day! Tune in at 3:30pm ET for our event on the current financing gap for people & planet, African-led ideas & solutions, and the future of global health replenishments. Tune in here:
There is currently a $2.5 billion financing gap for people & planet. But ONE's new research shows we're closing that gap. We'll be hosting an event in New York during #UNGA this Wednesday to discuss the current financing needs and African-led ideas & solutions for our
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The #GlobalDigitalCompact adopted at the #SummitofTheFuture champions the transformational potential of technology, but are the GDC's ambitions achievable? Our latest paper highlights some of the challenges, particularly for #Africa. https://t.co/PS6nUR0xvt
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A discussion of the African Digital Compact and UN Global Digital Compact. It advocates for universal data principles and subnationally led digital transformation.
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