9 May - Producing policy change: Innovation in the agriculture sector
An ODI event co-hosted by RIU and held in conjunction with EADI, DSA and IDS. Speakers: Andrew Barnett, Director, The Policy Practice; Karim Hussein, Regional Economist, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Ann Waters-Bayer, Senior advisor with ETC EcoCulture in ETC Foundation, Netherlands and Member of the International Support Team, Prolinnova. Discussants: Andy Sumner, Fellow, Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team, IDS; Jim Ellis-Jones (TBC), Tropical Agriculture Association. Chair: Nicola Jones, Research Fellow, ODI. More >

12 May - The role of the IMF in low-income countries and the role of low-income countries in the IMF: Time for a change?
An ODI and APGOOD Event. Speaker: Masood Ahmed, Director of the External Relations Department, IMF and Chair of the IMF Working Group on Low Income Countries. Discussant: Alison Evans, ODI. Chair: John Battle MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD). More >

20 May - The Politics of the Budget Process in Latin America: Policy lessons for other countries
Part of the ODI Event Series – 'Lessons from Latin America'. Speakers: Carlos Scartascini, Senior Research Economist, Inter-American Development Bank; Prof. Marcus Melo, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil; Prof. Bernardo Mueller, University of Brasilia, Brazil. Discussant: David Booth, Research Fellow, ODI. Chair: Edward Hedger, ODI. More >

22 May - Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World
Book Launch and Discussion as part of the ODI Reading List series. Speakers: Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Former Finance Minister of Afghanistan, Chairman of Institute for State Effectiveness; Dr. Clare Lockhart, Former Adviser to Bonn Process in Afghanistan, Director of Institute for State Effectiveness. Discussant: Timothy Othieno, ODI. Chair: Simon Maxwell, Director, ODI. More >

29 May - The Darfur peace process: Where to now?
Speakers: Jerome Tubiana, Independent Consultant, journalist and author of The Chad-Sudan Proxy War and the 'Darfurization' of Chad: Myths and Reality; Theo Murphy, Project Manager, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue Centre (seconded to UN/AU Darfur Joint Mediation and Support Team); Michael O'Neill, UK Special Representative to Sudan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Chair: Sara Pantuliano, ODI. More >

Improving the International Humanitarian System
An Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) Event. Speakers: Paul Clarke, Director, Oxford Change Management; Margie Buchanan-Smith, Independent Consultant; Maurice Herson, Co-editor, Forced Migration Review. Discussant: James Darcy, Programme Director, Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG), ODI. Chair: John Mitchell, Head, ALNAP. 8 May. More >

The economics and politics of state-business relations and economic growth in Africa
An ODI/IPPG event. Speakers: Dr Adrian Leftwich, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of York, and Co-director of the Research Programme Consortium on Institutions and Pro-Poor Growth; Dr Dirk Willem te Velde, Research Fellow, ODI. Chair: Tony Killick Senior Research Associate, ODI. 2 May. More >

Gender and agricultural growth: policy engagement opportunities and challenges
An ODI Event in conjunction with Oxfam GB. Speakers: Lynn Brown, The World Bank; Rachel Slater, ODI; Arry Fraser, Oxfam GB. Chair: Steve Wiggins, ODI. 30 April. More >

Measuring Business Impact: A workshop to share recent experiences in understanding the contribution of business to international development.
An ODI Event in Conjunction with Business Action for Africa, Unilever and SAB Miller. Speakers: Ethan Kapstein, Paul Dubrule Professor of Sustainable Development, INSEAD; Santiago Gowland, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Unilever; Hugo Pienaar, Economist, Bureau of Economic Research (BER); Shona Grant, Director, Development Focus Area, World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD); Lea Borkenhagen, Head of Sustainable Livelihoods Strategy and Development, Oxfam GB. Chair: Simon Maxwell CBE, Director, ODI. 29 April. More >

Protection for the Poor and Poorest: Concepts, Policies and Politics
Book launch and discussion. Panel: Armando Barrientos, Editor and Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, and Chronic Poverty Research Centre; Professor David Hulme, Editor and Leverhulme Research Professor and Professor of Development Studies at the University of Manchester; Rachel Slater, Research Fellow, ODI; Sam Hickey, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester and Chronic Poverty Research Centre. 28 April. More >