Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Republic of Korea 30 November 2011 (Eskinder Debebe/Courtesy United Nations). South Korean president Lee ...

SMU Office of Research – Assessing the effectiveness of international aid across Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country and an archipelago of around 17,000 islands, is no easy task. But ...

Spread the loveOfficial Development Assistance (ODA) plays a pivotal role in the economic development and welfare of many developing nations. Since its inception in 1969, ODA has been recognized as ...

Foreign aid constitutes a vital instrument of international cooperation, channelled through bilateral and multilateral bodies to support economic growth, human welfare and institutional development in ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces a major defense spending increase, funded by deep cuts to foreign aid—raising concerns about the future of global development and humanitarian efforts. Foreign ...

While development aid is an often-overlooked aspect in bilateral relations and geopolitics, international development cooperation is a prominent foreign policy tool for China, as was foreign aid for ...

The benefits of empowering women extend far beyond the immediate recipients of gender-related aid, fostering economic growth, political stability, and social cohesion. Recognizing these benefits, ...

The Global Fragility Act (GFA), passed in 2019 with wide bipartisan support, was designed to use a combination of development, diplomacy, and defense aid to prevent conflict in fragile states.