In 2023, according to the Global Humanitarian Overview, aid organizations faced a $37 billion funding shortfall to help crisis-affected communities. Yet in that year, the World Bank’s International ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia plans to spend a larger share of its foreign aid on its neighbors in Asia and the Pacific islands after the United States announced major cuts to development and ...

The UK is to prioritise overseas aid for multilateral institutions like the World Bank or UN in an effort to counter growing threats to international cooperation, the minister for International ...

In recent years, China has quietly shifted its strategy in international development cooperation. Once focused almost exclusively on bilateral assistance, Beijing now embraces triangular development ...

A new study published in PNAS finds that aid provided by the United Nations (UN) in the aftermath of climate-related disasters is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests.

The allocation of foreign aid reflects a complex interplay of strategic interests, normative commitments and domestic political pressures. Donor governments balance geopolitical objectives—such as ...