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Future Course for a Grand Bargain 2.0: Time to walk side by side
The Grand Bargain, launched during the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul in 2016, is a unique agreement between some of the largest donors and humanitarian organisations who have committed to get more means into the hands of people in need and t
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Innovation for Localisation: Exploring the Impact of Channeling Unrestricted Funding to NNGOs in Emergency Contexts
The impetus for advancing solutions towards local leadership, dispelling the risk narrative, and as a result increasing L/NNGOs’ access to unrestricted institutional funding has never been greater. Despite this, research and evidence in this area is limit
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A need for greater focus and sustained funding. Social protection and child malnutrition in Afghanistan
Over the past decade Afghanistan has made tangible progress towards its social and development objectives and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Infant and under-five mortality have gone down from 111 and 161 per thousand live births in 2008
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The Economics of Early Response and Disaster Resilience: Lessons from Kenya and Ethiopia
In 2010 natural disasters affected more than 217 million people, killed more than 297,000 people and caused $123.9 billion in economic damages. The types, dimensions, and dynamics of humanitarian crises are further increasing, in some cases exponentially.
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One year on- Delivering on the promise of vaccines for all
On 13 June 2011, at a vaccine summit, hosted by the UK government, the world committed US$4.3 billion to immunise 250 million children and save 3.9 million lives. This was one of the most significant breakthroughs in the fight against child deaths in rece
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Making Education Aid more effective: Monitoring Exercise on Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector
The GPE Report Making Education Aid More Effective: 2011 Monitoring Exercise on Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector presents findings of a 2010/1011 survey monitoring exercise. It looks at how development actors work together and coordinate the use
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Mapping and analysis of the child protection system in Sierra Leone
This mapping and assessment of the child protection system in Sierra Leone is part of a wider West and Central African regional initiative and has been supported financially and technically by a regional reference group composed by Plan International, Sav
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Good Practice Review: Cash transfer programming in emergencies
One of the more exciting innovations in the response to humanitarian crises of recent years has been the use of cash. Across the humanitarian sector there is growing recognition that cash and voucher transfers can support people affected by disasters in w
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The African Report on Child Wellbeing 2011. Budgeting for Children
This 2011 edition of The African Report on Child Wellbeing is the second in a series of reports published biennially by The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) as their contribution to putting Africa’s children on the public and political agenda, and to hol
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Healthier Returns: Making aid for healthcare more effective
Despite pledges to increase health spending, most governments and donors fall short. More effective use of existing health funding is also vital. Meanwhile the current economic climate of fiscal austerity is creating a focus on short-term results that thr
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Investing in those who care for children: Social Welfare Workforce Strengthening Conference Report, Cape Town, November 2010
The conference is part of a long-term effort by the US government and other donors to draw increased attention and mobilize additional assistance for social workers worldwide who work with children who are vulnerable to abuse, violence, exploitation and n
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Beyond Busan: Strengthening aid to improve education outcomes. Education for All Global Monitoring Report
From 29 November to 1 December 2011, the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea, will review global progress in improving the impact and effectiveness of aid, and make commitments that set a new agenda for development. For million