The UK government’s long-awaited International Development Strategy signals a further alignment of UK development policy with its foreign, trade, and defense objectives. 

This Donor Tracker Commentary provides insight into the strategy's implications for economic development in partner countries, gender equity, humanitarian leadership, climate change, and global health.

This Donor Tracker Commentary provides insight into the virtual meeting co-hosted in May 2022 by the United States, Germany, Belize, Indonesia, and Senegal. The commitments included pledges from over 40 governments and over 50 organizations including NGOs, the private sector, and philanthropies.

Published ten weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, this Donor Tracker Commentary considers the potential impacts of changed migration flows on the spending patterns of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors.

On Sunday, April 24th, the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected, winning with 58.5% of the votes against the 41.5% of the far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential elections. While this makes him the first President in 20 years to receive a second mandate, the gap with the far right has narrowed significantly, with Le Pen’s party, the National Rally (formerly the National Front) obtaining its highest percentage of votes to date.

This Donor Tracker Commentary considers the possible impact on French ODA and international development policy.