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- Getting the MDG Fundamentals R...
UN Millennium Plaza Hotel
Wednesday, September 24 at 9:00am - Engendering pro-poor change
UN Millennium Plaza Hotel
Tuesday, September 23 at 9:00am
Does the new DFID White Paper imply that the UK is downplaying the importance of trade in its development policy?
The UK Government White Paper on International Development stresses the need for urgent action by both developed and developing countries on climate change...
“The Impact of U.S. and U.K. Legislatures on Aid Delivery” provides a rare and valuable assessment of the role of legislatures in two of the world’s leading donors and how these legislatures influence aid effectiveness...
06 July 2009 The UK White Paper on International Development has been launched amid global financial crisis and recession. With most eyes on the UK domestic situation, the White Paper set out the Government's stall on global poverty eradication...
14 July 2009 17:30-19:00 The commenwealth club Also streamed online This event will draw out lessons from conflict affected countries on how policy makers can support private sector development for both peace and development. What are the main risks and how can they be minimized...
The occupation of Palestine and the conflict and violence that have attended it has had devastating implications for protection and livelihoods in the West Bank and Gaza. A series of measures have combined to create ‘a crisis of human dignity where the entire population is denied basic rights’...
This blog provides feedback on a high level forum on the future of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to discuss the future of the MDGs post 2015 -- the deadline for their achievement...
This blog provides feedback on a high level forum on the future of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to discuss the future of the MDGs post 2015 -- the deadline for their achievement...
07 July 2009 13:00-14:30 Overseas Development Institute Also streamed online Speaker: Chris Bryant - Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Discussant: Michael Read - Americas Editor, The Economist
This paper is the synthesis of case studies of four Ethiopian civil society networks: the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat, the Ethiopian Interfaith Forum for Development, Dialogue, and Action, the Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations and the Poverty Action Network Ethiopia...
Mark Burke
if anyone is interested in my reflections on devlopment work , this is my memoir of my time as a VSO in Zambia
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14 July 2009 17:30-19:00 Overseas Development Institute This event focuses on the effects of the global economic crisis on Asian economies and their policy responses. Speakers: Dirk Willem te Velde - Programme Leader, ODIDr...
Articles in the latest issue consider communication and civil-military cooperation in Afghanistan, the reconstruction of communities in post-tsunami Sri Lanka, and substance use and functional impairment among adolescents following the 2001 World Trade Centre attacks...
Elections are often a barometer for the state of democracy in a country, and are part of the political process. As such, donors need to be aware that their role is limited, as is their influence on the process or results...
08 July 2009 09:30-11:00 Overseas Development Institute Also streamed online At this event, we will launch a new report by the Overseas Development Institute and the German Marshall Fund of the United States on aid effectiveness and accountability...
A major summit on the impact of the "great recession" on the developing world is an opportunity for the United Nations to take a lead in a critical area, say Alison Evans and Dirk Willem te Velde.
15 - 18 September 2009 Kleinmond, near Cape Town, South Africa
01 July 2009 12:30-14:00 Overseas Development Institute Also streamed online This meeting, the first of a series on fragile states, will set the scene for the series by providing an overview of current debates on state fragility, emerging policy responses and operational priorities...
23 June 2009 18:00-20:30 The Shell Centre This event, the sixth in the series on ‘Harnessing the power on business for development Impact’, will explore progress being made to create the incentives and effective institutional frameworks that make it easier to do business and invest in...
01 July 2009 12:30-14:00 Overseas Development Institute Also streamed online This meeting, the first of a series on fragile states, will set the scene for the series by providing an overview of current debates on state fragility, emerging policy responses and operational priorities...
On the eve of World Refugee Day 2009, this blog explores the plight of refugees who flee to the world's growing cities. Like the rest of the urban poor, they face the challenges of overcrowding, insecurity and lack of basic services...
The route to international action on climate change can’t escape from politics. But can this be understood as tough consensus-building rather than conflict-resolution, asks Simon Maxwell.
16 June 2009 14:45 - 17:15 Overseas Development Institute These workshops follow an earlier public event on "Social protection to tackle childhood poverty: Lessons from West and Central Africa".
23 June 2009 18:00 - 20:30 The Shell Centre This event, the sixth in the series on ‘Harnessing the power on business for development Impact’, will explore progress being made to create the incentives and effective institutional frameworks that make it easier to do business and invest in...
15 September 2009 - 18 September 2009 Kleinmond, near Cape Town, South Africa
As ODI's event series on climate change draws to a close, this blog draws out six key messages: 1. Climate change is big, urgent and happening right now. 2. Uncertainty about future carbon emissions and their impact makes it vital to focus on specific contexts. 3...
This blog asks whether the G-77 alliance of developing countries reflects their divergent needs on climate change adaptation....(read more)...
Position in: Rural Policy and Governance Group Closing date: 17 June 2009We have a superb opening in our Rural Policy and Governance Group for a first-class administrator...
Position in: International Economic Development Group Closing date: 17 June 2009ODI has an exciting new opportunity for an experienced administrator to support its International Economic Development Group...
Position in: Rural Policy and Governance Group Closing date: 24 June 2009This is an exciting new opportunity for a Research Officer to work with us on Markets & Value Chains, as part of the Rural Policy and Governance Group at ODI...
National frameworks to reduce poverty and adapt to climate change rarely, if ever, interlink. Most Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs) and National Development Strategies (NDSs) screened during a review by ODI ignore climate change issues almost entirely...
Despite the promises made, developing countries are being short-changed by the industrialised north for the costs of putting right the damage caused by climate change...
Despite the promises made, developing countries are being short-changed by the industrialised north for the costs of putting right the damage caused by climate change...
UK Members of Parliament face public scrutiny in the wake of an expenses scandal, sparking a wide-ranging debate on the very nature of politics and governance...
This is the first community-level participatory research endeavour with poor and excluded groups since the peace process. It focuses on grassroots experiences and understandings of governance and citizenship, and the implications thereof for state building in post-conflict Nepal...
A ground-breaking study on participatory governance in Nepal is launched, as the country celebrates its first peace-time Republic Day. As well as highlighting participation issues in Nepal, the study has implications for wider governance issues both within and beyond the country....(read more).....
Once, think tanks worried about how to communicate the research they already had. Then, they worried about how to communicate the research they were doing. Now, they worry about how to communicate...
The Public Financial Management (PFM) Performance Measurement Framework, an indicator-based assessment tool developed by the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) initiative, was launched in 2005 and has been applied so far in over 60 countries...
16 June 2009 12:30 - 14:30 Overseas Development Institute Also streamed online At this event, we will present findings and discuss the policy implications of a major research project on child-sensitive social protection in West and Central Africa (2007-9).Speakers Rebecca Holmes - Research...
09 June 2009 14:00 - 18:30 Foreign and Commonwealth Office At this event, leading experts will focus on three issues: whether and how the global crisis has affected trade policy across countries; the extent to which trade policy responses to the crisis have influenced developing countries’...
04 June 2009 12:30 - 14:00 Overseas Development Institute This Humanitarian Practice Network meeting will launch a new book, The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS), which has been developed by a multi-agency team as a set of international guidelines and standards to support...
03 June 2009 13:00 - 14:15 Palace of Westminster At this final event of the ODI/DFID climate change speaker series, we consider the UK’s pivotal role in International Development and Climate Change, its leadership and ongoing challenges...
22 May 2009 13:00 - 14:30 Overseas Development Institute Also streamed online Much of the software being written comes from India, while much of the hardware it runs on comes from China. Why is that? Why did China and India take such different paths to global dominance in new high-tech industries...
It is clear that Europe is important for development, but the EU is battling against charges of irrelevance and strategic confusion. This blog outlines what the authors would like to see emerge from a development ministers meeting in Brussels in May. ...(read more)...
22 May 2009 13:00 - 14:30 Overseas Development Institute Also streamed online Much of the software being written comes from India, while much of the hardware it runs on comes from China. Why is that? Why did China and India take such different paths to global dominance in new high-tech industries...
Rule of Law anchors the relationship between the State and its citizens around an agreed set of rules, but its construction can be a messy and complex business...
Position in: Rural Policy and Governance Group Closing date: 27 May 2009This is an exciting new opportunity for a Research Officer to join the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), part of the Rural Policy and Governance Group at ODI...
15 May 2009 13:00 - 14:30 Overseas Development Institute With regret this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience.Speaker: Judith Rodin - President, Rockefeller Foundation Chair:
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