Decolonising Philanthropy, Aid, Development Assistance
This group is a place to connect with others interested in and working on the decolonisation of aid. Aid includes philanthropy, humanitarian aid and development assistance.
Use the group for sharing your own work and the work of others and to engage in thoughtful discussion. Members set the agenda, drive the conversation, and address the issues that matter to them most.
Report Launch Event: Metrics Matter for Locally Led Development
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Discussion
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The debate on how to measure locally-led development moves into the details….
Date: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST / 15:00 – 16:30 GMT
Address: BGR Group, 601 13th St NW, 11th floor South, Washington, DC, 20005
Contact: karen.swatson@modernizeaid.net
In November 2021, USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced that by 2025, 25 % of the agency’s funding would go to local actors. Publish What You Fund, with the support of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network and its members, has undertaken detailed research to establish an independent, credible, and replicable baseline to measure and track funding for the 25% commitment. It then compares its approach to USAID’s announced approach to show the difference in funding targets that result. On March 1st, the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network and Publish What You Fund will co-host an event to discuss the findings of this research and its policy implications, underscoring why these metrics matter.