Overseas Development Institute (ODI) update

Conference - The impact of the global food, fuel, and financial crises and policy responses: A child-sensitive approach - CALL FOR PAPERS

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0800

09 - 10 November 2009

This conference will convene development practitioners, policy experts and academic researchers from around the world to examine the ways in which the food and fuel price volatility, financial market volatility and global economic slowdown are affecting children and youth in both developing and developed countries and recommend policy responses.

Workshop - Outcome Mapping for Programme and Project Planning - 2009

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700

15 - 18 September 2009
Kleinmond, near Cape Town, South Africa

Public event - The effects of the global financial crisis on poor countries: Views from Asia

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:30:00 -0700

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, ODI
Dr. Do Hoai Nam - President, Vietnamese Academy for the Social Sciences (VASS)

Dr. Nguyen Thang - Director of Center for Analysis and Forecast, VASS

Jodie Keane - Research Officer, ODI

Professor Kunal Sen - IDPM, Manchester University

Chair:

Alison Evans - Director, ODI

Public event - Doing business in conflict affected environments: From building the peace to building the private sector

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:30:00 -0700

14 July 2009 17:30-19:00
The Commonwealth 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? What distinguishes companies with a positive impact on the peace and development and those that don’t?

Speakers:

Diana Klein - Project Manager, Peacebuilding Issues Programme, International Alert

Andrew Bone - Director of International Relations, De Beers

Chair:

Simon Maxwell - Senior Research Associate, ODI

Online - Blog post - The UK Government White Paper and climate change: is there equity in the ambition?

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0700

The UK Government White Paper on International Development stresses the need for urgent action by both developed and developing countries on climate change. While the government's position will likely be welcomed by environmental groups, this blog questions whether it will receive such a welcome from developing countries, of whom so much is demanded.

Online - Blog post - Trade and the White Paper

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0700

Does the new DFID White Paper imply that the UK is downplaying the importance of trade in its development policy?

ODI in the media - Comment/Quote inOne World : "Food security 'a myth'" ( Steve Wiggins )

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0700

Public event - The impact of US and UK legislatures on aid delivery

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:30:00 -0700

08 July 2009 09:30-11:00
Overseas Development Institute
Also streamed online

At this event, we launched a new report by the Overseas Development Institute and the German Marshall Fund of the United States on aid effectiveness and accountability.

Speakers:

Jonathan White - Economic Policy Program, German Marshall Fund

Jim Kolbe - Former US Representative from Arizona's 8th Congressional District and current Senior Transatlantic Fellow at German Marshall Fund

Simon Burall - Director, Involve

Chair:

Alison Evans - Director, ODI

Online - Blog post - Providing the global public goods for crisis-resilient growth: the DFID White Paper

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0700

The new UK Government White Paper on international development stresses the need for resilient economic growth strategies. This blog welcomes this emphasis, but finds the White Paper is missing a few ingredients essential to the creation of lasting growth.

Online - Blog post - Sexual Violence: breaking a culture of silence

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0700

As participants gather for the first Sexual Violence Research Initiative Conference, this blog outlines the scale of sexual violence and the culture of silence that surrounds it. It outlines possible responses at international, national and individual level. These include the creation of one strong United Nations organisation to address gender issues, the importance of national socio-economic development, and support for civil society organisations working in this area.