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Key Takeaways from the First U.N. Water Conference in 46 Years
Last month, thousands of attendees from governments, the private sector, and nonprofits convened at the first U.N. Water Conference since…
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Killing of aid workers in Nigeria a setback for troubled crisis response
“There was a feeling, from some NGOs that I spoke with but also some U.N. actors, that we kind of just went along with what the government was proposing,” said McIlreavy.
Launching Choose to Invest FY2025
The answer is clear: for less than 1% of the federal budget, the United States’ global development and humanitarian assistance can lift millions of people out of poverty, end extreme hunger, protect human rights, build resilience, and promote responsive democratic governance—all while advancing core American values and economic and security interests.
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Launching InterAction’s Congressional Fellowship Program
As Congress and the U.S. government continue to invest billions in development and humanitarian assistance, debates over these programs have…
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Leading Humanitarian, Development, and Global Health Organizations Urge Congress to Reject Cuts to Foreign Assistance
Leading humanitarian, development, and global health organizations are calling on Members of Congress to protect the International Affairs budget in Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) despite the Administration’s proposed 24 percent cuts.
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Letter From The CEO
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Let’s Step Up on Foreign Aid to Fund Our Values
Despite the Administration’s repeated efforts to gut foreign aid, Congress has proven a bulwark against those dangerous proposals, restoring funding.
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Localization in the COVID-19 Era
While it is still unknown how COVID-19 will ultimately change the development and humanitarian aid sectors, the current crisis has…
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Locally-Led Development
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