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Miliband Calls on CEOs to Fill Gap Left by Cuts to Government Aid Budgets
Companies have a self-interest in helping to address problems governments are retreating from.
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Analysis: An Opportunity to Build, In the Crisis
As philanthropy rallies to the defense of the nonprofit sector, how money is spent is as important as how much.
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- Investing
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- NGOs, nonprofits, philanthropy, scale
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WHO Warns of HIV Treatment Shortages Due to US Aid Cuts
"As of March 4,167 health facilities had shut down due to funding shortages, and without urgent intervention, over 220 more facilities could close by June."
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Opinion: the US Aid Crisis Is an Opportunity for Outcome-Based Finance
"Outcome-based funding is a ready-made solution as the future of USAID and global development funding more broadly hangs in the balance."
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- Finance
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The Global Aid Industry is Repeating the Mistakes that Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Warning from a Former Leader at Lehman Brothers
In 2008, the failure of a single institution, Lehman Brothers, triggered a global financial crisis — not because of Lehman alone, but because of the unseen interdependencies that held the world’s financial system together. According to David Davies at AgUnity, a leader at Lehman Brothers during the 2008 crisis, America is in the process of making the same catastrophic mistake in global aid. He explains why the collapse of USAID threatens to bring down the deeply interconnected global aid system, impacting hundreds of millions of people — and urges private foundations, philanthropists and impact investors to step up.
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Trump’s Aid Cuts Deny One Million Women a Week Access to Contraception
The withdrawal of USAID funding enacted by Donald Trump is having an immediate impact in poor countries – with reproductive health, HIV and TB treatment all being halted.
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Norway Announces $855 Million Funding for Humanitarian NGOs Amid Trump’s Dismantling of USAID
Norway said on Monday it would sign multi-year funding agreements with six humanitarian NGOs, several of which were hit by the sudden freeze in practically all US aid spending.
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- human rights, NGOs
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Analysis: How Entrepreneurs Can Navigate the Uncertainty of USAID Funding Disruptions
Regardless of whether your enterprise directly receives USAID funding, these shifts require immediate action and long-term strategic adjustments.
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- Social Enterprise
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