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Rebuilding our public institutions to achieve the SDGs

This Fall, Unlock Aid is hosting a series of discussions on how our public institutions must evolve to achieve the SDGs. Learn more and get involved here.

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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.

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Results.
Transparency.
Sustainability.

The world's current, collective effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) does not operate with the urgency, flexibility, or innovation required to succeed.

Unlock Aid is the world's leading coalition of social innovators driving policy changes to achieve the SDGs by 2030.

Our plan

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Pass landmark reform legislation

Re-architect the U.S. approach to global development by prioritizing sustainable economic growth, innovation, and transitioning away from project-based aid models in favor of direct partnerships with countries and communities.

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Invest in innovation

Position the United States as the partner of first resort for any country and community that wants to use to innovation to accelerate progress towards achieving one or more of the SDGs. Support countries that want to build their own domestic innovation ecosystems.

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Accelerate action

Pressure U.S. global development agencies to take action now to pay for results instead of activities, scale proven innovations to the world’s hardest problems, and direct more funding to local, national, and front-line innovators with a track record of impact.

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Join us for a series of global conversations

We can achieve the SDGs and meet climate targets by 2030, but we need to transform the way the United States and other international partners invest in global development.

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Let’s scale proven solutions, wherever they’re needed

To achieve the SDGs by 2030, 21st-century global development agencies must take a truly “global” approach.

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Help us transform our public institutions to achieve the SDGs

Everyone knows we need new approaches to achieve the SDGs by 2030. We need a transformational plan to get on track. We need your help to write it.

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Reimagining global development

Hitting the SDGs and climate targets by 2030 will take a transformation 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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