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Rethinking humanitarian diplomacy

Two hundred children were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in just 72 hours last week, while all life-saving aid supplies, and water has been cut off. Progress on a ceasefire in Ukraine is hitting obstacles and South Sudan's fragile peace is teetering on the brink of collapse. US bombs are...

Jeremy Allouche
Jeremy Allouche & 2 others

24 March 2025

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How aid cuts will shatter global water and sanitation progress

The principle of leaving no one behind is central to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The progress toward achieving SDG 6, which aims to ensure universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene by 2030 is increasingly under threat with recent development funding cuts posing a...

Lyla Mehta
Lyla Mehta

24 March 2025

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What is the future of funding for international development?

International development and global humanitarian assistance has been uprooted at the beginning of 2025 due to a series of budget cuts announced to Official Development Assistance (ODA). Most notably, the USAID funding freeze caused shockwaves around the world, removing life-saving assistance...

19 March 2025

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Design and Development: A Dialogue part 2

Are designers doing development? Do development professionals practise design? Designers and development practitioners have in common that they try to (re)shape the future. They make financial, material, practical, processual, and institutional interventions to change lives and improve outcomes,...

Dominic Glover
Dominic Glover & 4 others

18 March 2025

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Design and Development: A Dialogue part 1

Are designers doing development? Do development professionals practise design? Designers and development practitioners have in common that they try to (re)shape the future. They make financial, material, practical, processual, and institutional interventions to change lives and improve outcomes,...

Dominic Glover
Dominic Glover & 4 others

18 March 2025

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