Poverty: Our increasingly connected world can present huge opportunities to the poorest people. Extreme poverty has declined dramatically in almost every region over the past several decades. Yet progress is uneven and extreme poverty has persisted in places, mainly Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Globalization exposes vulnerable populations to new risks that can be difficult to protect against. Economic shocks – fluctuations in the price of commodities and inputs; trade pressure; the international financial crises – these have catastrophic effects on people who are already vulnerable.
Conflict: Regardless of the causes of conflict, the result is huge increase in the vulnerability of the poorest people. Violent conflict disrupts economic systems and has long been associated with poverty. Recently the connection between conflict and poverty has been even more firmly established. The World Bank has elevated violent conflict from one cause among many to the primary cause of poverty, and says that countries subject to violence are often trapped in poverty, while those that are not are making progress out of poverty.
Governance: Weak governance increases poverty and stifles progress. Private investment is limited; corruption undermines the productive use of capital; development aid is deployed less effectively. In contrast, research suggests that good governance can yield a four-fold increase in the per capita income of developing countries. Similarly, improved governance can lead to, on average, a 75 percent reduction in child mortality.
It is in this context that we lay out DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOUNDATION (DTF) goals and objectives. The mission, vision for change, and strategy, as laid out in the Strategic Framework, overlaid with the global context set the stage for what we need to achieve in the coming years.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The Goals and Objectives lay out what we believe we must achieve to remain a leading humanitarian and development organisation. We set targets and a means of accountability and transparency throughout the year. The objectives and sub-objectives identify what we need to achieve and many are multi-year in duration. As new opportunities present themselves and the external environment shifts throughout the year, we revise our goals and objectives if appropriate.
Goal I
High-Impact Programming: We will focus on high quality implementation across our programs to attain demonstrable impact. To do this we focus on strategic issues, using a gender focus that span across countries and regions to leverage learning and innovation. The following four objectives have been identified as the top priority issues, requiring all-agency effort and attention: Resilience, Youth, Food Security and the Conflict Response (South Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Syria, etc.).
Objective 1: Resilience in Action and Evidence. Articulate, test and share evidence and proxy indicators of success for building resilience within and across the contexts ofPoverty: Our increasingly connected world can present huge opportunities to the poorest people. Extreme poverty has declined dramatically in almost every region over the past several decades. Yet progress is uneven and extreme poverty has persisted in places, mainly Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Globalization exposes vulnerable populations to new risks that can be difficult to protect against. Economic shocks – fluctuations in the price of commodities and inputs; trade pressure; the international financial crises – these have catastrophic effects on people who are already vulnerable.
Conflict: Regardless of the causes of conflict, the result is huge increase in the vulnerability of the poorest people. Violent conflict disrupts economic systems and has long been associated with poverty. Recently the connection between conflict and poverty has been even more firmly established. The World Bank has elevated violent conflict from one cause among many to the primary cause of poverty, and says that countries subject to violence are often trapped in poverty, while those that are not are making progress out of poverty.
Governance: Weak governance increases poverty and stifles progress. Private investment is limited; corruption undermines the productive use of capital; development aid is deployed less effectively. In contrast, research suggests that good governance can yield a four-fold increase in the per capita income of developing countries. Similarly, improved governance can lead to, on average, a 75 percent reduction in child mortality.
It is in this context that we lay out DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOUNDATION (DTF) goals and objectives. The mission, vision for change, and strategy, as laid out in the Strategic Framework, overlaid with the global context set the stage for what we need to achieve in the coming years.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The Goals and Objectives lay out what we believe we must achieve to remain a leading humanitarian and development organisation. We set targets and a means of accountability and transparency throughout the year. The objectives and sub-objectives identify what we need to achieve and many are multi-year in duration. As new opportunities present themselves and the external environment shifts throughout the year, we revise our goals and objectives if appropriate.
Goal I
High-Impact Programming: We will focus on high quality implementation across our programs to attain demonstrable impact. To do this we focus on strategic issues, using a gender focus that span across countries and regions to leverage learning and innovation. The following four objectives have been identified as the top priority issues, requiring all-agency effort and attention: Resilience, Youth, Food Security and the Conflict Response (South Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Syria, etc.).
Objective 1: Resilience in Action and Evidence. Articulate, test and share evidence and proxy indicators of success for building resilience within and across the contexts ofPoverty: Our increasingly connected world can present huge opportunities to the poorest people. Extreme poverty has declined dramatically in almost every region over the past several decades. Yet progress is uneven and extreme poverty has persisted in places, mainly Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Globalization exposes vulnerable populations to new risks that can be difficult to protect against. Economic shocks – fluctuations in the price of commodities and inputs; trade pressure; the international financial crises – these have catastrophic effects on people who are already vulnerable.
Conflict: Regardless of the causes of conflict, the result is huge increase in the vulnerability of the poorest people. Violent conflict disrupts economic systems and has long been associated with poverty. Recently the connection between conflict and poverty has been even more firmly established. The World Bank has elevated violent conflict from one cause among many to the primary cause of poverty, and says that countries subject to violence are often trapped in poverty, while those that are not are making progress out of poverty.
Governance: Weak governance increases poverty and stifles progress. Private investment is limited; corruption undermines the productive use of capital; development aid is deployed less effectively. In contrast, research suggests that good governance can yield a four-fold increase in the per capita income of developing countries. Similarly, improved governance can lead to, on average, a 75 percent reduction in child mortality.
It is in this context that we lay out DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOUNDATION (DTF) goals and objectives. The mission, vision for change, and strategy, as laid out in the Strategic Framework, overlaid with the global context set the stage for what we need to achieve in the coming years.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The Goals and Objectives lay out what we believe we must achieve to remain a leading humanitarian and development organisation. We set targets and a means of accountability and transparency throughout the year. The objectives and sub-objectives identify what we need to achieve and many are multi-year in duration. As new opportunities present themselves and the external environment shifts throughout the year, we revise our goals and objectives if appropriate.
Goal I
High-Impact Programming: We will focus on high quality implementation across our programs to attain demonstrable impact. To do this we focus on strategic issues, using a gender focus that span across countries and regions to leverage learning and innovation. The following four objectives have been identified as the top priority issues, requiring all-agency effort and attention: Resilience, Youth, Food Security and the Conflict Response (South Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Syria, etc.).
Objective 1: Resilience in Action and Evidence. Articulate, test and share evidence and proxy indicators of success for building resilience within and across the contexts of
