Dispute over 'Grand Bargain' localization commitments boils over

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Devex

A network of NGOs from the “global south” has accused international aid agencies, NGOs and donors of attempting to renege on their commitment to deliver a quarter of all emergency funding through local and national actors by 2020, as a dispute over the terms of last year’s “Grand Bargain” reaches a head.

The criticism came in an open letter from the Network for Empowered Aid Response, a group of local NGOs based across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, that advocate for a locally-driven aid system.

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