Like any other market, development-related programmes, procurement, and recruitment are influenced by numerous factors. With competition increasing, market research and information become critical to survive in the era of shrinking supply of funding, yet growing demand for aid.
Our DevelopmentAid Market Research and Analysis offers you that critical information needed to make timely “Go-no-Go” decisions.
Access our exclusive reports based on data gathered and analyzed by a team of highly professional researchers, analysts, and data scientists. Become a member to get the reports delivered to your inbox or download the ones available for all development professionals.
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Market Intelligence Reports
Intended for strategic decisions, these reports provide comprehensive overviews of major ODA flows, drawing data from a variety of sources, such as the International Aid Transparency Initiative and donor portals. They analyse commitments and disbursements across a wide range of sectors, subsectors, and funding channels, and identify both enduring priorities and emerging gaps.
#1 Latin America and the Caribbean: Donor engagement and funding trends (2023–2027)
This report analyzes aid flows to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for the period 2023–2027 based on data extracted from the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), DevelopmentAid, and OECD databases.
This report is available to DevelopmentAid members with premium access. Please contact your account manager to access and download this report or request it at research@developmentaid.org.
#2 IADB Development Finance in Latin America: Disbursements and Sector Trends (2023–2027)
This report analyses Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) financial flows for the period 2023–2027, based on data extracted from the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) database.
This report is available to DevelopmentAid members with premium access. Please contact your account manager to access and download this report or request it at research@developmentaid.org.
#3 Philippines aid market intelligence report (2022–2027)
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of official development assistance (ODA) and project-based aid flows in the Philippines, with a focus on:
- Donors operating in the country.
- Sectors receiving aid.
- Annual trends from 2022 to 2024, along with forward-looking insights into planned aid activities through to 2027.
This report is available to DevelopmentAid members with premium access. Please contact your account manager to access and download this report or request it at research@developmentaid.org.
#4 ODA Financing to the Health Sector (2022–2027)
This report provides an overview of ODA flows to the health sector between 2022 and 2025, drawing on data from the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). It analyses donor commitments and disbursements across key subsectors, regions, and funding channels, and identifies both enduring priorities and emerging gaps.
This report is available to DevelopmentAid members with premium access. Please contact your account manager to access and download this report or request it at research@developmentaid.org.
Aid Sector Insights and Trends
Providing exclusive insights into the world’s largest database of development-related tenders and grants, these reports enable informed discussion and decision-making within your organization. Download the reports for free and analyze them before your next decision on selecting a region, sector, or programme to target.
#1 10 donor alternatives to USAID with open grant calls
The United States of America has been paving the way and leading international aid efforts for the last 50 years. So, it is no surprise that the aid freeze announced by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, his first day in office, has wreaked havoc in this sector. Non-profit, contracted staff, and government employees are being laid off. Vital projects are being shut down and vulnerable countries are losing a critical source of financial aid.
With so much uncertainty, it is time to prepare for the worst and come up with alternative plans. To help organizations to navigate these murky waters, DevelopmentAid has compiled a list of 10 alternative donors with funding calls currently open.
#2 Tenders for the development sector: exclusive insights from February 2025
In February 2025, over 5,000 open tenders were available on the world’s largest aid-related database, www.developmentaid.org. We analyzed these to draw key insights into their location, type, and sector, and now share the information to help our members to refine their bidding strategy. Several of the major findings reveal that most development aid tenders sought consulting services, with the IT and engineering sectors being most in demand.
#3 An insider’s perspective on the development sector job market
In February 2025, we analyzed over 5,300 active ads to offer exclusive insights into today’s job market. How much work experience do you need to be one step ahead of the competition? Are recruiters filling long-term positions? You can find out all the answers in this report.
#4 Exclusive: Development sector funding trends in May 2025
In May 2025, our database featured 5,500+ open tenders in the international development sector which we have analyzed to draw insights into the top locations, sectors, and trends to help you to refine your bidding strategy.
#5 The global aid job market: exclusive insights into 4,500+ job postings in May
Recently, many aid workers are admitting to having submitted hundreds of applications with zero interviews secured. In such a competitive market, job seekers must leverage all the information they can to land a role. On May 26, there were 4,815 open vacancies advertised on our job board – www.developmentaid.org. We have analyzed all of these so that we can share with you the latest hiring trends in the development sector.
#6 Funding trends in sub-Saharan Africa: the Central Africa region spotlight
Between January and May 2025, more than 2,200 new tenders and grants for the Central African region were published on www.developmentaid.org, which hosts two of the world’s largest development databases. As tenders and grants are universal instruments of aid disbursement, the ability to track, analyze, and understand these represents an excellent source of intelligence for organizations working in the aid sector. In this report, we analyze the funding trends per sector over this period to help you to refine your fundraising or business strategy.
