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The Progress Report 2026 finds that medium-term predictability of development funding has stagnated, constraining partner countries’ ability to make longer-term spending and investment decisions. 🔗 Read more: oe.cd/6IQ
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The Progress Report 2026 finds that partner country governments involved CSOs in the preparation of national development plans in most countries, while development partners consulted CSOs in 72% of their country strategies. 🔗 oe.cd/6IQ
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The Progress Report 2026 finds that development priorities increasingly cover groups at risk of exclusion. Partner countries are also increasingly breaking down targets and results indicators to track progress across different groups. 🔗 Read more: oe.cd/6IQ
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How effectively are we working together to deliver better development results? The new @OECD report brings together evidence from 44 partner countries and 93 development partners to take stock of progress and where challenges remain. 🔗 Read more: oe.cd/6IQ
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At a time of growing pressure on development resources, the new @OECD Progress Report 2026 examines not only how much financing is available, but how effectively development co-operation is planned, delivered and monitored. 🔗 Read more: oe.cd/6IQ
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💡 Around one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted each year, affecting food security, farmers’ incomes and natural resources. What can countries do to tackle food loss across agricultural value chains? 🔗 Read the article: oe.cd/6Hu
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The OECD Development is seeking feedback from users of its development finance statistics to help shape new tools to disseminate its data. 🔗 Share your experience and encourage others in your networks to participate: brnw.ch/21x5fPJ
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The OECD / World Bank Compendium of Good Practices on Quality Infrastructure 2026 highlights how Indonesia has strengthened its disaster governance framework to support more people-centred reconstruction. 🔗 Download the report: brnw.ch/21x562G
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Official development assistance for short-term emergency measures was 70% higher than funding for long-term infrastructure investment between 2020-2023. This imbalance can cause long-term resilience objectives to be sidelined in the rush to recover. 🔗 brnw.ch/21x53Jk
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As concessional public finance faces increasing pressure, policymakers are turning to private capital to close financing gaps in emerging markets and developing economies. But simply deploying more subsidies is not enough. 🔗 Read the article: brnw.ch/21x52Pr
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The #ItalyPeerReview2026 explains how Italy's integrated approach to migration and development in the Horn of Africa combines humanitarian assistance, resilience building, legal migration pathways and whole-of-government co-ordination. 🔗Read more: oe.cd/6yN
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The #ItalyPeerReview2026 explains how the “Team Italy” approach brings together ministries, development finance institutions, technical agencies and implementing partners to strengthen co-ordination and align efforts across development co-operation. 🔗 oe.cd/6yN
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Intermediary cities host around 31% of the world's food-tech start-ups, connect producers to markets and innovation hubs and serve as testing grounds for solutions that improve productivity, reduce emissions and strengthen supply chains. 🔗 Read more: brnw.ch/21x4VgX
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🌱 How can intermediary cities in developing countries be key drivers of food security? 🔗 Read the policy brief ‘Activating food-tech ecosystems in intermediary cities for sustainable food security’: brnw.ch/21x4TTG
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As extreme weather events grow more frequent and severe, decisions taken today will determine whether intermediary cities can protect lives, infrastructure and development gains. 🔗 Read the @OECD policy brief: brnw.ch/21x4RnS
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The @OECD Peer Review of Australia shows how the country supports development partners through a locally led approach combining budget support, alignment with national systems and long-term partnerships. 🔗 Case study: oe.cd/6uC 🔗 Report: oe.cd/6ux
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To support inclusive growth, job creation and sustainable development, the EU uses guarantees and blending instruments to enable investments that might not otherwise go ahead. 🔗 Read the case study: brnw.ch/21x4Omr 🔗 Read the #EUPeerReview2025: brnw.ch/21x4Oms
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How can development partners sustain long-term support for peace while adapting to changing conflict dynamics and an evolving development paradigm? 🔗 Read the case study: brnw.ch/21x4KmP 🔗 Download the report: brnw.ch/21x4KmQ #EUPeerReview2025
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The @OECD Multilateral Development Finance 2026 report highlights the experience of @UNESCO as an example of how organisations are adjusting their operations in response to declining and more concentrated contributions. 🔗 Download the report: oe.cd/6sw #MDFR2026
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The @OECD Director for Development Co-operation and the Deputy Chief of Staff of the President of Ghana outline steps needed to strengthen sustainable development in an age of compounding crises. 🔗 Read more: oe.cd/6vg
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