Lucinda Rouse and Emily Harle are joined by Philip Goodwin, chief executive of Unicef UK, to discuss the realities facing international development and humanitarian charities following announced reductions in overseas development assistance by the US, UK and other European governments.

Philip stresses the need to communicate with the public on the sector’s achievements and explain the importance of foreign aid as an investment in domestic security, as well as advocating the government. 

He explains why he believes applying a child-focused lens to development work would make ODA more effective.

Also in the episode, Lucinda shares clips from a recent interview with Moazzam Malik, chief executive of Save the Children UK.

Moazzam puts forward his view that the aid cuts accelerate a broader geopolitical shift and changing attitudes to international development that the sector needs to adjust to.

This includes increasing investment in local actors and strengthening the spirit of partnership and collaboration to solve major global issues.

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