The humanitarian community lacks an understanding of land issues, even though these are central to many conflicts and post-conflict settings. Sara Pantuliano investigates in a new book and HPG Policy Brief.
Twenty years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, children are still 'invisible' in key development debates. This ODI Briefing Paper investigates.
ODI Journal, Disasters, will publish a special issue in 2010 on how climate change affects disaster risk and the implications for the most vulnerable. A call for submissions is now open.
One billion people in developing countries still go hungry. This blog examines how hedging tools can be applied to risk management in agriculture and food security to have an impact on hunger.
Children in the Middle East and North Africa are feeling the effects of the crisis. An ODI Background Note urges governments to strengthen social protection systems.
What can the world expect of Europe in 2010? This article, in Europe's World, builds on ODI research to argue that national politics will shape the answer.
In an ODI/Development Drums podcast, ODI Director Alison Evans interviews Owen Barder and Roger Riddell about Owen's new book, Beyond Planning: Markets and Networks for Better Aid.
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