Resources
An ongoing list of resources on ODA change that provide background context for the ODA principles.
Articles
The end of progress against extreme poverty? In the last three decades, the world has made progress against extreme poverty faster than ever before. But unless the poorest economies start growing, this period of progress against the worst form of poverty is over.
Dynamic Drylands ep 2: Aid (in)effectiveness: “What really happens after an NGO packs their bags and leaves?”
The geopolitics of international development (after foreign aid)
On American aid cuts/disruptions When the music stops, those who’ve outsourced their ambitions get exposed.
The End of Development. The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.
How Big Finance Ate Foreign Aid. Investors have drained the global south in pursuit of aggressive profit maximization.
Why the World Turned on NGOs. From powerbrokers in the ’90s to pariahs today.
The Development Economist Who Wasn’t Once dismissed from the field he helped found, Albert O. Hirschman feels newly relevant.
The Problem With the Global South’s Self-Help Push Poorer countries have become more integrated but not necessarily more united.
Can China Replace USAID? The ideological and economic concerns that make Beijing wary of development assistance.
The changing shape of Chinese aid to Africa: As Western countries cut support, China is unlikely to fill the gap
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Critical perspectives on the future of aid (Journal: Development Policy Review). Lots of great articles here.
FAO’s Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal 2026: Time to maximize the impact of every $ € £ kr ¥ ريال https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/de168f57-eb23-48a3-8a6f-0307b0cf3cd6
UK aid cuts demand repair, not retreat to save lives. UK aid cuts hit women and girls, fragile states. Health provision suffering in South Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan. Justice-led solutions such as debt restructuring urgent
Debates
Westminster Hall debate on the future of DFID 2019 / 03 / 01
Social media
German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) has internally announced that it will begin a structural reform. This includes the elimination of Division “S,” which is responsible for stabilization, peacebuilding, crisis prevention and humanitarian assistance programs.