5 months ago // Accelerating Action: Produced in Partnership
With diabetes set to affect 850 million people in the coming decades, more funding is desperately needed. Leading grantmaker, the World Diabetes Foundation, hopes its Diabetes Investment Accelerator will help plug the gap.
about 1 year ago // Escape the Neglect: Produced in Partnership
A decline in R&D investment in neglected tropical diseases threatens progress toward critical targets. For over 20 years, one nonprofit has led research on lesser-known diseases and is now seeking new sources of funding. Emerging opportunities include support from the global south, pharmaceutical incentives, and the potential for impact investment.
about 1 year ago // Accelerating Action: Produced in Partnership
An innovative pilot is exploring the integration of mental health support into existing maternal and immunization pathways in South Africa’s Limpopo province. But can it drive real, scalable impact?
over 9 years ago // For our Partners: Focus On: Youth
We still know little about what works — or even how much we’re spending — in helping young people to make a living. Does that matter?
over 9 years ago // Focus On: Youth
Seeing young people merely as aid recipients or as the source of problems looks increasingly dated, as evidence mounts of the value that youth participation can bring to development. How are organizations integrating a new generation in their work — and how could they do better?
about 10 years ago // Social entrepreneurship
Devex spoke to a number of entrepreneurs and organizations working to help them navigate growth in East Africa. Here are five tips they shared for how social enterprises can scale.
over 11 years ago // Exclusive Interview
From leading policy, advocacy and government relations at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Laurie Lee now finds himself on the implementing side of CARE International U.K. How will his experience with Gates shape the way he leads CARE? A Devex exclusive interview.
over 11 years ago // Expanding into the 'global south'
Moving or expanding into developing countries requires careful planning — and ActionAid should know, being one of the first international NGOs to relocate to the "global south." We spoke with its strategic HR head, who shared insights on how to effectively negotiate the transition.
over 11 years ago // Branding
The need to strike a balance between wielding brand power and being sensitive to local contexts is not new. How is Oxfam International, which is planning to expand into dozens of new countries, navigating this balancing act?
almost 12 years ago // Research & evaluation
The U.K.'s huge investment in research and evaluation produces a wealth of information, but the government could do more to to learn from it and adapt its foreign aid projects. How? A Devex analysis.