UNLOCK AID

We’re driving a campaign to unlock public resources to achieve the SDGs by 2030

The United States is on the verge of spending $100 billion over the next four years in foreign aid. Here’s our chance to shape the future of global development.

Results.
Transparency.
Sustainability.

World-class innovators have solutions to global challenges like poverty, climate change, and disease. We need our public institutions to be their partner.

Now is the time to enact major reforms to reshape the future of global development.

Our plan

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Pass landmark reform legislation

Create dedicated funding pathways to scale proven, sustainable innovations; cut red tape for innovators to apply directly for contracts; give USAID new authorities to move more money to innovators more quickly; increase the DFC’s ability to deploy capital, and utilize more industry-accepted impact metrics to crowd-in more private sector capital.

Number one

Invest in innovation

The Biden-Harris Administration must reimagine how America’s foreign aid expenditures can be more effectively leveraged to help LMICs access world-class technology and innovation to achieve the SDGs.

Number one

Accelerate action

Global development funders including USAID must diversify their partner bases, especially to direct more funding to local, national, and front-line innovators with sustainable business models. 

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Reimagining global development

Hitting the SDGs and climate targets by 2030 will take a revolution in global development. We are championing policy reforms to empower innovators, break down barriers, and unlock funding. We’ve written a blueprint for the way forward.

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Hitting the campaign trail

Our community showed up last week to rally Congressional support for the changes we need to reimagine the future of global development.

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Join our campaign to achieve the SDGs by 2030

Today, we’re launching an 18-month campaign to reform the way the US partners with countries around the world to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. We need you to get involved.

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A $17 billion opportunity for new approaches in global health

USAID is about to award $17 billion for global health supply chains. This is the Biden-Harris Administration's chance to change the way the United States partners with countries around the world.

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