Further Reading — Chapter 21: International and Multilateral Funding

International funders, rules, and political contexts change constantly and vary enormously by funder, country, and sub-world. Treat this chapter as durable patterns and always verify every specific with the actual funder — the binding authority is always that funder's current call for proposals and guidelines.

The Funders (read the source for your channel)

Bilateral aid agencies' websites and funding portals. Each major donor government's development agency publishes its priorities, calls for proposals, and partner requirements. Read the agency whose mandate fits your work and country.
Multilateral bodies. The relevant UN agency (for children, development, health, refugees, food, etc.), the World Bank and regional development banks, and the European Union's external-action and research-and-innovation funding portals. Each runs large, process-heavy programs with their own rules and systems.
Global funds (pooled financing for global health, vaccines, climate, and similar priorities). For work in their focus areas, these are major funders with distinctive application and accountability models.
Major international foundations. Several large foundations fund globally in health, agriculture, development, and human rights — blending foundation relationship logic (Chapter 18) with international scope and results-orientation.

On Localization and the Power of Aid

The localization / locally led development literature and donor commitments (e.g., Grand Bargain commitments and successor frameworks). The reform agenda to shift funding and leadership to local actors — essential context for Sections 21.3 and the partnership ethics throughout.
Decolonizing-aid and "shift the power" writing and movements. The critique driving localization — who decides, who delivers, who benefits — and what genuine power-sharing looks like (Sections 21.1, 21.3, and the chapter's closing).
Local and national NGO networks and platforms. For local organizations, networks that advocate for and support direct access to international funding, and that share practical guidance on meeting funder requirements.

On the Logframe and Results-Based Management

Chapter 10 of this book (The Evaluation Plan). The logic model is the logframe's domestic cousin; re-read it as the foundation for Section 21.4.
Donor logframe and theory-of-change guidance. Most bilateral and multilateral funders publish their own logframe formats, results-framework guidance, and indicator banks — use the specific funder's format, which varies.
Value-for-money frameworks (the "four Es": economy, efficiency, effectiveness, equity). Several donors publish value-for-money guidance; understand the version your funder uses (Section 21.4).
Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) resources and the adaptive-management literature. For building credible MEL plans and for the tension between logframe rigidity and adaptive work (Section 21.4, "Why Does This Work?").

On Compliance, Safeguarding, and Risk

Donor due-diligence and partner-capacity-assessment tools. Many funders publish the assessment frameworks they use; reviewing them helps you prepare (Sections 21.2, 21.6).
Safeguarding / PSEAH standards and the Core Humanitarian Standard. The protection and do-no-harm requirements international funders increasingly mandate (Sections 21.2, 21.5).
Sphere standards (for humanitarian work). If your work is humanitarian, the sector's minimum standards and principles — a different sub-world with its own logic (Section 21.5, Going Deeper).
Counter-terrorism-financing and sanctions-compliance guidance for cross-border grants. The banking and transfer constraints that can delay or block funds (Section 21.2, 21.6).

On the Research Sub-World

The EU's research-and-innovation programme documentation and participant portal. For multi-country research consortia (Hernandez's path, Case Study 21.2) — work packages, partner search, consortium agreements, and budget rules.
Chapters 16–17 of this book (NIH, NSF). The research-excellence craft that carries into an international research consortium, now wrapped in cross-border partnership and compliance.

Connections Within This Book

Chapter 18 (Foundation Grants). The partnership-and-relationship logic that international funding extends across borders.
Chapter 13 (Organizational Capacity). Capacity here means fiduciary capacity across borders and the lead's responsibility for partners.
Chapter 14 (Sustainability and Dissemination). The "sustainability" cross-cutting requirement, in the international context.
Chapter 19 (Government Grants). The compliance-and-rubric world that bilateral/multilateral development funding resembles, with localization layered on.

A note on secondary sources

A large industry of international-development consultants and proposal-writing services exists, and quality varies widely. Use reputable sector resources and, above all, the specific funder's guidance — and, in the spirit of the chapter, prioritize the knowledge of local partners and communities, who often understand what will actually work better than any external guide.