USAID wants 25% of its funding to go to local partners by 2025.
But research from @aidtransparency finds that @USAID’s measurement approach overestimates the % of funding counted as local meaning that local partners could miss out on over a billion dollars each year.
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ALT Report cover image - Metrics Matter, How USAID counts local will have a big impact on funding for local partners. With logos of Publish What You Fund, Save the Children US, Care USA, Catholic Relief Services, FHI 360, Oxfam America, Global Communities, NKO Strategies, and MFAN.