It may be surprising, but this is how development aid has functioned for about 75 years. Less than 10% of international aid funds directly flow from OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donor countries to civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Global South. Although additional funding might flow indirectly through INGOs or donor organizations to CSOs in the Global South, there is no doubt that a significant portion of these funds are used in the donor country itself. Such indirect funding often moves through multiple layers of organizations within the donor country. By the time it reaches the CSOs of the...
It may be surprising, but this is how development aid has functioned for about 75 years. Less than 10% of international aid funds directly flow from OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donor countries to civil society organizations (CSOs) in the...