USAID’s record breaking localization push and the impact of UK aid cuts
This week Devex reported that the U.S. Agency for International Development saw a record-breaking obligation to local contractors in 2022, up 169.8% in real terms from the previous year. While this is...
4 Aug 202335min
The UK's refugee bill and a call to fight HIV and AIDS
While we usually expect the summer months to be slower than usual, it has certainly not been the case over the past week. In an exclusive Devex story, we found out that the Organisation for Economic C...
28 Jul 202335min
The latest from Women Deliver, WHO rotation, and BRAC localization
This week we’re closely following the conversations that took place at the Women Deliver conference in Kigali, Rwanda, which brought together thousands of people from diverse fields to help elevate wo...
21 Jul 202331min
AI adoption's risk and rewards, and a US aid agency returns to office
This year is seeing the proliferation of AI technology in our lives, which is having a big effect on the way many of us carry out our daily tasks in the workplace. From improving disaster response to ...
14 Jul 202337min
WHO's updated malnutrition guidance and China's plan to cut UN funding
Last week, the World Health Organization released its long-awaited updated guidance on the prevention and management of malnutrition in children, which aims to reduce child mortality through starvatio...
7 Jul 202327min
Financial inclusion takes a hit amid rising debt and high interest rates
High interest rates are threatening the gains made in financial inclusion over the past decade, with investors backing off riskier investments especially in inclusive fintech, as reported by Devex’s S...
30 Jun 202334min
An insider look at Macron's global financing summit
French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris this week, which aims to strike a new post-World War II pact between high-income nations and those most ...
23 Jun 202323min
USAID's localization update and controversy over UK aid
This week USAID released its long-awaited localization update. Despite the progress made, not least due to the success of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, the agency is ...
16 Jun 202327min
