US calls free-market capitalism ‘surest path to prosperity’ and seeks to forgo direct aid to developing countries ...

This week, officials from around the world are meeting in Seville for a landmark event in the development policy calendar: the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development. The previous ...

Wealthy nations cut development aid in 2025, reaching levels last seen during the COVID pandemic. Eurodad warns of major ...

Fragmenting world worsens finance squeeze, reversing decades of progress on development, UN report warns. UNITED NATIONS, 9 April 2026 – Development financing trends are going i ...

As leaders from around the world gathered in Seville, Spain, at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) to discuss how to finance sustainable economic development, a ...

Development assistance has long been an effective and powerful foreign policy tool, with major powers like the U.S. and China using development engagement to not only achieve their own security and ...

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Donald Trump’s new administration has plunged international development assistance into an existential crisis. Within hours of taking office in January, the ...

In March, the UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper made a statement to parliament setting out the government’s international ...

GENEVA, April 11 (Reuters) - Sweeping tariffs on imports imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and countermeasures could have a "catastrophic" impact on developing countries, hitting even harder than ...

While development aid is an often-overlooked aspect in bilateral relations and geopolitics, international development cooperation is a prominent foreign policy tool for China, as was foreign aid for ...