3 months ago // UK Aid

The U.K.'s ruling party held its first conference since taking power. Here's what we gleaned about the state of U.K. aid.

11 months ago // UK Aid

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stuns Labour MPs by shifting billions of pounds from development to pay for a bigger military — despite a manifesto promise to increase aid spending to 0.7% of GNI.

11 months ago // Devex Pro Live

A Devex Pro event hears of the stunned — and defiant — behind-the-scenes response in Munich to the U.S. vice president calling time on Washington's development leadership.

11 months ago // Devex Newswire

U.S. Vice President JD Vance got the headlines, but the USAID funding freeze underpinned many issues at the conference.

11 months ago // The Trump effect

Forced into $156 million of spending cuts, the country’s president told the Munich Security Conference that “in adversity there is opportunity” — and warned the U.S. it will also lose out.

11 months ago // UK aid

The anniversary of the 2005 Make Poverty History Campaign — and Nelson Mandela's call to arms — prompts call for the country to again be "a true ally" of poorer nations.

11 months ago // UK Aid

Funding for regional programs doubles year-on-year — but development minister hints the U.K. will fail to pledge at crucial nutrition and vaccine summits next month.

11 months ago // The Trump effect

Five years after the Department for International Department was axed, the fallout still reverberates — and may hold clues for the impact of USAID's disappearance.

11 months ago // Development Finance

The U.K. is encouraging private creditors to respond to the debt crisis facing lower-income countries — but campaigners say the initiative is like fighting a forest fire with a water pistol, with legislation needed for real change.

11 months ago // Finance

A study finds 42% of Muslim-led charities have been hit by “a complete withdrawal of banking services" — sometimes resulting in violent threats “when project staff salaries are delayed.”