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Non-formal (additional) Aid resources

“Do not eat on your own”

The international development sector is thriving, growing and vibrant. It is earning more money
and new organisations are coming into being all the time, with 250 new organisations being

established since 2005.
The sector is highly unequal in terms of its allocation of resources, with eight per cent of
organisations in the survey controlling 88 per cent of expenditure.

The main source of the sector's growth and development is income from the public, accounting
for 40 per cent of all income. This is the single most important source of funding and has been

increasing in absolute terms.”
"In Conversation: Prof Dan Brockington and Dr Nicola Banks," 368
Global Development Institute Blog. (November 2017)
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“ Development NGOs based in Britain are spending just under £7bn reported in 2015. This is

equivalent to about half of total ODA expenditure by the British government..
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The largest organisation (the British Council) which spends more than £900million, receives
considerable support from the UK government.
Tens of millions are also contributed by DfID to development NGOs based in the UK through

partnership agreements.
The second largest, Save the Children International, with expenditure of over £600 million,

includes funds raised from many international offices across the world.
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The 77 largest organisations account for over 90% of expenditure. With over 800 organisations
accounting for just 13% of expenditure. Moreover this distribution excludes the myriads of

small NGOs spending less than £10k per year. “
Source: Authors' Analysis of Charity Commission and OSCR Data.

“ Private companies support, relatively speaking a surprisingly small proportion of the sector's

income.”
"Changes in Expenditure, Income and Income Sources for
Development NGOs based in the UK" (2017) 369

“ The United Nations Development Program, for instance, has approximately 8,000 employees,

split roughly in half between national and international hires. The program employs an
additional 32,000 service contractors and consultants, most of whom work in countries they
were not born in. Another U.N. institution, the International Organization for Migration,

meanwhile, has hired only 800 of its 8,500 employees internationally.