Localisation Archives

A fair share? Reflections on USAID’s first localization progress report

By Sally Paxton and Gary Forster | Jun 28, 2023 | Blog

USAID has just provided a detailed update on its goal to direct 25% of its funding to local actors by 2025. Earlier this year, Publish What You Fund investigated the measurement of this 25% target and concluded that the choice of methodology could determine whether more than US$1.4 billion of additional funding is channeled to local actors each year. So we have been taking a close look at USAID’s progress report and the measures used.

Watch the launch: Metrics matter for locally led development

By Sam Cavenett | Mar 1, 2023 | Events

How USAID counts “local” will have a big impact on funding for local partners. Our new Metrics Matter report shows what difference it makes. Catch upon the launch, co-hosted with MFAN, and the discussion on the findings and their policy implications.

Metrics matter: achieving USAID’s 25% funding target to local actors

By Sally Paxton, George Ingram and Guest | Feb 28, 2023 | Blog

Almost as soon as USAID announced its target that 25% of its funding would go to local partners, the debate began over the definition of what counts as “local” and how to measure it. According to Publish What You Fund’s groundbreaking new research, the choice of methodology could determine whether more than $1.4 billion of additional funding is channeled to local actors each year.

How to track aid flows to local organisations

By Gary Forster | May 19, 2022 | Blog

Many donors have adopted targets to direct more funding to local organisations. But past efforts to track funding flows have often struggled to agree on a definition of local. In this blog we present an approach we’ve been testing for six months. Using USAID as an example, we’ve been working to understand, interpret and present existing data in a way that enables stakeholders to undertake analysis and track funding based on their own definitions of local.