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For more information on shifting power in the aid and development sector, below are a list of useful resources that have helped inform the Pledge for Change 2030. As we strive to continue to inform this process, we welcome submissions.

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Colonialism in Aid/Development

Decolonization Defined

Decolonizing Aid Movement

INGO Internal Colonialism

Lexicon/Language

Localization/Local Actor Leadership

White Saviorism & Poverty Porn

News

Published : April 17, 2023

Humentum Signs Pledge for Change

News

Published : April 17, 2023

Through the looking glass: Coloniality and mirroring in localisation

News

Published : February 6, 2023

We are hiring a Global Director!

Article

Published : December 13, 2022

INGOs sign southern-led pledge to create a more equitable aid system by 2030

Article

Published : December 13, 2022

CARE Australia endorses historic pledge and leads push for a more equitable aid system

Article

Published : December 13, 2022

Pledge For Change

Article

Published : December 13, 2022

Five international NGOs launch fresh bid to tackle power imbalances in aid

Article

Published : December 13, 2022

Aid profiles: The head of CARE on her decolonisation ‘journey’

Article

Published : December 7, 2022

A growing map of resources to reimagine philanthropy and global development

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Deconstructing Development Discourse

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The damage aid workers can do with just their words

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The tyranny of technical expertise

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Why do we still value expacts more than local staff?

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Race & Privilege in International Development

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Study of Visual Communications in African Countries

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Poverty Porn vs Empowerment: the best and worst aid videos

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

What is Poverty Porn & Why is it a problem

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The White-Savior Industrial Complex

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

What’s Stopping Localization in the Humanitarian Sector?

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Localization Research

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Country Insights – Localization

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Localization of Humanitarian Aid

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Development: A visual story of shifting power

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Time to Decolonize Aid

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Decolonizing Humanitarian Aid

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Foreign Aid is Having a Reckoning

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Shifting the Power

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The Grand Bargain Localization Stream

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The Grand Bargain (overview page)

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Power Imbalances and Development Knowledge

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Foreign Aid: Are we really helping others or just ourselves

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

The Legacy of Colonialism

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Why Western European Keep Africa Poor

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Foreign Aid for Development Assistance (the problems)

Published : October 13, 2022

Unintended Consequences of Foreign Aid

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Decolonization is not a metaphor

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Decolonization: a brief history of the world

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Decolonization

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Understanding Post-Colonialism

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

How does colonialism shape the world we live in?

Article

Published : October 6, 2022

Summary of how localization began

Video

Published : October 6, 2022

Is Aid Killing Africa?

Video

Published : October 6, 2022

Africa Post-Colonial Development

Video

Published : October 6, 2022

Decolonizer

Article

Published : October 6, 2022