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Money Matters: The UN budget was shrinking well before Trump
about 21 hours ago // Devex Money Matters
The latest data reveals a 1.9% real-term reduction in the total income of the U.N. in 2024 and a steeper 12.6% decline in 2023. Plus, which countries got the most ODA? And your in-depth report into the top foundations.
Devex Pro Insider: What happened to aid jobs in 2025?
1 day ago // Devex Pro Insider
We present two in-depth special reports on philanthropic funding and global development recruitment trends in 2025. Plus, new candidates for the United Nations’ top job, and the “culture of fear” at a Nairobi NGO.
Money Matters: Who were the lucky few to get US funding last year?
8 days ago // Devex Money Matters
The top U.S. grantees in 2025; next steps for U.S. bilateral health deals; and what lies ahead for localization.
Money Matters: Which multilateral agencies got the most funding?
22 days ago // Devex Money Matters
We analyzed donor funding for multilaterals before the aid cuts of the past year. Plus, an in-depth interview with the U.S. DFC investment chief, and the impact of lost funding in Zimbabwe.
Devex Pro Insider: A tough week for Gates, a better week for French Gates
22 days ago // Devex Pro Insider
As Bill Gates becomes more engulfed in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Melinda French Gates is featured on Forbes' World’s Most Powerful Women list. Plus, previews of the African Union Summit and Munich Security Conference.
Money Matters: The Gates Foundation spent $4.5B last year — who got it?
about 1 month ago // Devex Money Matters
An analysis of the Gates Foundation’s top grantees in 2025. Plus, a new U.S. State Department strategy, and the risk of “imminent financial collapse” at the U.N.
Money Matters: The US budget — a bigger cut than it seems?
about 1 month ago // Devex Money Matters
How much does the development sector actually get in the $50 billion U.S. foreign assistance bill? Plus, the U.S. says it won’t pay its past dues to WHO, and the legal battles over USAID.
Devex Pro Insider: Nerves in Davos, one year on from the fall of USAID
about 1 month ago // Devex Pro Insider
Highlights from Davos, and the latest career moves in the global development sector.
Money Matters: Where did MacKenzie Scott spend her billions?
2 months ago // Devex Money Matters
Plus, the battle over U.N. cuts, and the search for the next NextGen.
How humanitarian funding collapsed in 2025
3 months ago // Humanitarian
In 2025, humanitarian funding fell to the lowest level in a decade, even as need continued to remain at elevated levels. The most senior humanitarian official at the United Nations called it "a time of brutality, impunity and indifference." A report published earlier this month charts how the collapse unfolded.