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Building the Middle: Global Cooperation at the Frontier: Innovative Finance in Fragile Contexts

This report analyzes insights from 18 executives from both for-profit firms and nonprofit organizations that participated in a retreat held by InterAction and The Annenberg Trust at Sunnylands in November 2018.

March 12, 2019
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Retreat Explores Innovative Financing for Development in Emerging and Fragile Contexts

NGO and corporate leaders gathered to to identify market-based solutions that support sustainable development in complex environments.

November 21, 2018
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What You Need to Know about Using Innovative Financing Tools in Fragile Contexts

Webinar explores how innovative finance tools can be used to address development and humanitarian needs in fragile states.

July 28, 2018
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NGO Community Response to USAID’s Draft Resilience Policy Revision

USAID’s draft 2022 Resilience Policy Revision makes significant progress toward resilience becoming a multisectoral priority. However, some adjustments and additions…

April 6, 2023
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Our Actions Are Our Future

World Food Day 2020 explores how the global community can “Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together.” This annual day calls on…

October 13, 2020
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The Global Fragility Act of 2019 (GFA)

The Global Fragility Act (GFA) passed the House of Representatives on May 20, 2019. The bill would streamline and improve programs and efforts within the USG to address violent conflict overseas using a “3D” approach of development, diplomacy, and defense. With bipartisan support, the bill has moved out of the House.

May 28, 2019
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Catch up on past innovative finance for development webinars and trainings

Catch up on previous innovative finance for development webinars and trainings hosted by InterAction.

March 4, 2019
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Six Takeaways from InterAction’s Big Think on the U.S. Global Food Security Response

Progress on global food security and malnutrition has rapidly declined since 2015, with over…

September 14, 2023
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The Risky Business of Security for Aid Workers

When well-meaning people ask—as Elon Musk recently did—for a cost accounting for humanitarian activities, security can be among the…

January 31, 2022
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How the World Bank Group Can Ensure Displaced People Are Not Left Behind

The world witnessed historically high levels of forced displacement in the last decade, resulting in human suffering and heightened stress…

June 1, 2021