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Funding package faces uphill battle in Senate because it offers no fresh support for Ukraine
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Brussels move comes after Germany and Austria suspend bilateral assistance in response to Hamas attack on Israel
US agency slows talks on grant programme amid concerns about threat to democracy and spread of instability in region
US and EU attempts to respond to China’s Belt and Road Initiative have fallen dismally short
Risk from reductions include as many as 3,000 child deaths in South Sudan from malnutrition, according to analysis
Financial diplomacy can break the military and political deadlock that has brought the country to the brink of collapse
The US and its allies must prioritise investment in the country’s agricultural systems
Sanctioned figure’s daughter works for UN agency as quake exposes compromises in aid provision benefiting regime
Europe and the US may sincerely want Kyiv to prevail over Moscow but they are failing to match ends with means
Shareholders say the resignation of David Malpass will push the multilateral development bank to put climate change at its centre
Donors forced to consider compromising or shutting down operations in Afghanistan
Organisations cannot continue competing for increasingly scarce resources
Some US conservatives have pushed back on Kyiv’s appeals as they vow to step up scrutiny next year
The country’s friends are inching towards accepting the magnitude of the challenge — but too slowly
Alliance to commit more power generators and other non-lethal items to Kyiv amid Russian missile strikes
Beijing’s development spending has fallen despite efforts to build influence in the region
Largest philanthropic fund says world ‘on track to achieve almost none’ of UN development goals
Whereas once it sought UN votes, Tokyo now has much more urgent needs given the hunt for rare metals and other commodities
Explanations for continent’s struggle to develop are complex and disputed
Action taken over fears Ukraine relief will breach spending cap but ex-minister says it will ‘cost lives’
The lives of 400,000 malnourished children hang in the balance while funding stalls
Donors have exaggerated their generosity at every turn, creatively padding the figures
Food insecurity to worsen in 46 countries as ‘hunger hotspots’ exacerbated by conflict and extreme weather
Yellen tells G7 meeting there is a ‘very real risk’ that more people will go hungry
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