In June 2021, the Donor Tracker published a Partner Perspective written by Micaela Iveson, from the ONE Campaign - an organization that advocates to tackle extreme poverty and preventable diseases.  

The publication discusses ONE’s new Africa COVID-19 tracker - a tool that compiles data and analysis from global institutions, governments, and universities on the overlapping effects of the COVID-19 crisis across the continent. The tracker and associated information support in documenting COVID-19 associated issues faced by countries in Africa.

In the beginning of June 2021, with the Generation Equality Forum to meet that month and the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) approaching in the autumn, the Donor Tracker published a high-level summary of international donors' spending on key sectors, particularly on gender equality and the climate emergency.  

The 'Donor updates in brief' publication assess 14 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) donors’ development assistance policies, spending, and political efforts in tackling key global challenges. 

Watch the Donor Tracker team's first foray into analyzing development finance beyond the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD's) Development Assistance Committee (DAC).  

In May, Jing Cai of Development Reimagined joined the Donor Tracker’s Zoe Johnson and Raimund Zühr for a webinar discussion of current trends in China's policy and financing for global development cooperation. 

Drawing on the findings of the Donor Tracker’s latest report on Chinese development funding and policy and Development Reimagined's longstanding expertise on the topic, the webinar addresses: How does China's approach to international development cooperation differ from OECD DAC donors? Just how big is China's role in financing international development and how does it compare to other providers of development finance? What key trends and issues in China's international development cooperation will be interesting to watch in the months and years ahead?  

The Donor Tracker also published a report on this topic, detailing the latest update on China’s development finance and policy.  

As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out, vaccine access has not been distributed equally. In April 2021, SEEK Project Manager Raimund Zühr spoke to Deutsche Welle about the various logistical challenges faced by COVAX (the global vaccine initiative) in distributing vaccines and what international donors could do to support vaccine access.  

Zühr pointed out that at the ‘One World Protected’ event (hosted by the US and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance) held right before the interview, governments and private sector partners pledged an additional US$400 million to COVAX. This brought pledges closer to the US$2.0 billion that COVAX needed to achieve its goal of delivering 1.8 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines for 92 lower-income countries in 2021. However, more funding and work is needed in order to provide vaccines to all and help end the pandemic more quickly. 

The interview (in Spanish) is now available online