Under Pressure: How INGOs are responding to the aid funding crisis and what it reveals about the fragility of localisation commitments (2025)

This review examines how INGOs have been responding to funding challenges, looking at what they are doing (or failing to do) to support their local and national partners. It highlights both good and bad practices, asking whether INGOs are upholding their localisation commitments or resorting to self-preservation. This note primarily captures practice by INGOs in response to US funding cuts, considering how unexpected the situation was. However, with funding on the decline across the board, it is anticipated that INGOs will be grappling with constrained resources for years to come.