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Seizing the Istanbul moment: rooting for evidence at the World Humanitarian Summit

Jyotsna Puri | May 20, 2016

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In 2014, global humanitarian assistance totalled US$24.5 billion. The World Humanitarian Assistance Report (2015) noted that there was still a shortfall of 38 per cent in terms of unmet need. The UN Secretary General’s new report for the World Humanitarian Summit, finds that this gap has increased to 47 per cent. Put another way, humanitarian
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Let’s bring back theory to theory of change

Annette N. Brown | April 19, 2016

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Anyone who has ever applied for a grant from 3ie knows that we care about theory of change. Many others in development care about theory of change as well. Craig Valters of the Overseas Development Institute explains that development professionals are using the term theory of change in three ways: for discourse, as a tool,
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