We kicked of our anniversary celebration on 9 June 2010, with a reception at the British Academy, including speeches from Rt. Hon. Vincent Cable MP, ODI Director Alison Evans and former Directors Simon Maxwell and John Howell. To mark this anniversary, we have also looked back into our archives and spoken to ODI colleagues and supporters past and present to prepare a timeline of ODI milestonesand the international events that have shaped our thinking and our work.
To develop our archive even further, we have expanded our electronic collection of ODI Working Papers and Briefing Papers, digitising those that were previously only available in hard copy. This back catalogue now dates back as far as 1967, documenting persistent challenges in international development as well as the changing path and nature of debates in particular sectors.
Over the course of our 50th Anniversary year, we have built up a library of short film interviews with a wide range of development and humanitarian experts from ODI and beyond, including academics and practitioners who have made significant contributions to ODI throughout our 50 year history. One of the ODI journals, Development Policy Review, has republished key articles in the field of aid, institutions and governance. We have produced an animated video (shown below) to highlight ODI and introduce our new strapline: advancing knowledge, shaping policy, inspiring practice.
Advancing knowledge, shaping policy, inspiring practice
Ahead of the curve for 50 years
Looking back to our earliest days, many of the issues that concerned us in 1960 are still on the agenda today. From the financial slump of the mid-1960s, to the recent global financial crisis, we have been ready with cutting-edge research on the likely impact on developing countries. After the Berlin wall went up, we looked at the aid policies of communist countries. And when the wall came down, we looked at what this might mean for the developing world.
Our work on aid policy and practice, Europe, agriculture, forests and trade have their roots in our earliest days, and we draw on years of experience in humanitarian crises to help guide humanitarian and development practitioners during and after a crisis. And we have seen our renowned ODI Fellowship Scheme go from strength to strength.
Ahead of the curve in the future
Our task now is to ensure that ODI remains fit for purpose – flexible, dynamic, forward-looking.
Fragile states need a new deal, and our budget strengthening initiative will find better ways to support them. On aid we will continue to share the evidence on what works, and make the case for development that looks beyond aid itself. Our growing body of work on social protection and gender will continue, alongside our focus on economic growth. We need to look more closely at equity as a driver of economic growth, and at the emerging economic powerhouses of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), as well as at urbanisation, climate compatible development and the growing case load for global public goods. And we need to expand our partnerships with think tanks and research institutes in developing countries, learning from them while helping them to build their own capacity.
There is much to do. But with 50 years of hard-won knowledge and expertise behind us, ODI is in good shape to move forward.
1960 ODI is created with funding from the Ford Foundation. It aims to be a centre for work on development problems, carry out studies on development topics, be a forum on development, spread information, and keep development issues in the eye of the public and decision-makers
1994 ODI creates the Relief and Rehabilitation Network (later HPN), in response to the Rwandan genocide, providing an independent forum for humanitarians
2000Our new mission statement: ... to inspire
and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods
2000s
2000 We create CAPE, which makes the case for aid in the run-up to the Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development
ODI is undertaking a series of short interviews over the course of our 50th Anniversary year, asking for views on two questions:
What do you think is the biggest contribution that ODI has made to the field of development?
What changes in international development would you most like to see by 2050?
The following people offered their views: Simon Burrall, Alison Evans, Karin Christiansen, Sara Pantuliano, Roger Calow, Karen Ellis, John Mitchell, Simon Maxwell, Moazzam Malik, Richard Laing, Lord Adair Turner, Professor Michael Lipton, Samir Elhawary, Hugh Bayley MP, Frances Seymour, John Young, Peter Williams, Steve Wiggins.
To scroll through, click the left and right buttons on the player.
Detailed timeline of ODI milestones and key international events
Creation of ODI, with funding from the Ford Foundation, and around six staff. It aims to be a centre for work on development problems, carry out studies on development topics, be a forum for those concerned with development, spread information, and keep the urgency of the problems in the eye of the public and decision makers
The ODI Fellowship Scheme is born with funds from the Nuffield Foundation. The first three ODI Fellows are appointed. Today, more than 80 young economists work in more than 20 developing countries
Groundbreaking studies on the nature and direction of the British contribution to developing countries from public/private sources
Review of how official development programmes link to industrial activities and export promotion
1964
New British Government creates Ministry of Overseas Development, but financial and political pressures limit aid finance
Creation of Group of 77
UNCTAD, the UN Conference on Trade and Development
Independence for Malawi, Northern Rhodesia and Zambia
ODI’s World III : a handbook on development makes waves with its analysis of development, aid, trade, and the UN
ODI organises discussions on the Government White Paper on Aid to Developing Countries
Our Survey and Comment on British Aid fosters constructive criticism of Development Aid
Cooperation with Chatham House, UN Trade Conference, UNESCO, and Universities on high-profile events and study-groups
First British Aid pamphlets
Hosting researchers from developing countries at ODI
International events
ODI milestones
1965
Empty Chair crisis (France withdraws its representative from the European Economic Community)
Creation of the UK’s Voluntary Committee on Aid and Development
Independence for Barbados, Botswana, Guyana, Lesotho
Chairman Mao launches the Cultural Revolution
We study aid effectiveness, how developing countries make efficient use of their resources and alternative resource flows, and organise one of the first international conferences on ‘Improving the Effectiveness of Aid’
ODI begins series of formal briefing sessions at the request of the Government
We publish International Aid, reviewing British Aid in the international setting, and our first review of British Development Policies
1967
Creation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
British Aid Programme cut by 10% and Minister of Overseas Development dropped from the Cabinet
Our Trade Handbook outlines the direction and composition of developing country exports, obstacles and the role of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and UNCTAD
ODI and the Institute of International Education launch a scheme to send graduates to work in Latin American universities
1968
Lester Pearson’s Commission on International Development
Creation of Overseas Development Council (ODC) in the US, emulating ODI
Mauritius and Swaziland achieve independence
We organise three major conferences: Development Aid Strategy, The outcome of UNCTAD II- Problems and Prospects, and The Organisation of Markets and the Trade of Less Developed Countries
ODI/Nuffield Fellowship scheme continues: almost 40 economists sent to date to African countries, with the scheme now financed by the Ministry of Overseas Development
1969
Countries signing up to the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon
We join forces with the University of Reading to strengthen our programme of research on rural development – a key aspect of our work – with support from the Ford Foundation
ODI publishes Modernising Peasant Societies
We launch new and updated studies on British Aid, as well as critical analysis of the transfers of resources from rich to poor countries and the institutional framework within which this happens
International events
ODI milestones
1970
The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution that commits rich countries to spend 0.7 % of their GNP on Official Development Assistance
US troops invade Cambodia as part of the Vietnam War
Conflict in Biafra
ODI’s lessons learned to date are summarised in the Pearson Report, which forms the basis of the international strategy proclaimed by the UN for the second development decade
We receive additional support from the Freedom From Hunger Campaign (UK Committee) and the Ford Foundation
We publish the World Development Handbook, the successor to 1964’s World III: a handbook for development, providing key thinking on overseas development
Studies of British policies on developing countries are enshrined in ODI Review – 4
Some African countries receive direct assistance from Ford Foundation to fund ODI Fellowships
ODI and Thames Television launch a major experiment in public information: twelve hours of programming in one week: ‘The Third World War: A Struggle Against Poverty’
Last year of recruitment for the original ODI/Nuffield Fellowship Scheme. The Scheme continues to be managed by ODI but will, in future, be financed by a grant from the Overseas Development Administration
We receive a substantial grant from the Social Science Research Council for two studies of British aid in a local environment
ODI co-organises two international conferences: Implications for Developing Countries of British entry into the EEC , and Strategies for Agricultural Development in the 1970s
1972
US President Nixon and Chairman Mao Zedong meet in China
British direct rule in Northern Ireland
Israeli Olympic athletes killed in Munich
Third year of joint programme with University of Reading on agricultural development includes a conference in New Delhi on: The adaptation of Administration and Institutions to Changing Levels of Agricultural Development
We receive major grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Barclays Bank International Development Fund
ODI Review 5 – looks at British aid policy, and the enlargement of the EEC
Ugandan President Idi Amin expels 50,000 Ugandan Asians
ODI paper to the Select Committee on Overseas Development covers EEC trade and aid policies, UK aid, special drawing rights and rural development
Change of emphasis in the joint ODI/Reading University programme see us gathering material from direct fieldwork and constructing a ‘general theory’ on the administrative and institutional aspects of agricultural development
The growing number of non-UK ODI Fellows include Fellows from Canada, Eire, Malta, Netherlands, and South Africa
1974
High oil prices deal a blow to developing countries such as India or Tanzania that are already hit by bad harvests, forcing them to import large quantities of food
The crisis boosts global inflation and curbs growth, sparking fears of falling aid volumes
Grenada becomes independent
Watergate scandal: ‘No whitewash at the White House’
Last full year of the joint ODI/Reading University rural development programme. Lessons learned include the need to improve communications between those who study agricultural development and those who administer it, the need for concise information, growing demand from developing countries and the UN for advice on implementation, and the need to focus on specific areas of agricultural development.
We collaborate with the Institut de Recherches en Economie de la Production to investigate trade issues, particularly special adjustment measures to liberalise imports
The Ministry of Overseas Development funds ODI to study aid for small-scale industry in India.
International events
ODI milestones
1975
Lomé Convention on trade and aid signed between the EC and Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
IMF Oil Facility and Special Trust Fund created to help developing countries recover from high oil prices
Britain announces a policy of prioritising the poorest people when allocating aid
The US is ranked twelfth in terms of aid spending as a proportion of GNP.
France spearheads the creation of the G6 (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US)
Birth of the ODI Review, which becomes Development Policy Review (DPR) in 1983. Today, DPR is available in more than 6,000 institutions in the developing world
We create our Agricultural Administration Unit (AAU), to provide links between ‘thinkers’ and ‘doers’. The AAU, with funding from the Ministry of Overseas Development, will emphasise field implementation, the provision and coordination of services, and local participatory and self-managing groups
ODI creates a study group on the effects of UK and European Community food and agriculture policies on food issues in developing countries, and the Ministry of Overseas Development funds ODI to study the impact of food aid in recipient countries
1976
Canada joins the G6, which becomes the G7
Recession looms, and there are cuts in British aid which remains well below 0.7% of GNP
Seychelles becomes Independent
Riots in Soweto, South Africa
We host two weekend residential conferences on the role of the Commonwealth in international development and on the development situation in the Caribbean, focusing on the Commonwealth countries.
1977
World trade up by around 3%. Demand for developing country commodities has weakened but growing exports of manufactured goods, leading to protectionism by developed countries
Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada and Sweden take steps to alleviate developing country debt
Creation of the Independent Commission on International Development Issues, led by Willy Brandt.
The AUU now has three networks (agricultural administration; pastoral development and irrigation management) and is extending its programme of lunch-time discussions
We submit our Memorandum on the Lomé Convention to the House of Commons Select Committee on Overseas Development
ODI completes research on promoting the development of small-scale industries in India and opportunities for donor assistance
We organise our first informal evening gathering for ODI supporters and sympathisers from the business world
1978
Protectionism continues, especially in Britain
Dominica, Tuvalu, Solomon islands become independent
First ODI Annual Lecture: Europe and the Developing World by The Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins
We arrange for media and practitioners to meet World Bank staff ahead of the launch of the Bank’s World Development Report
1979
Iranian revolution and second oil crisis
Conclusion of the liberalising negotiations of the Tokyo Round of GATT and second Lomé Convention; but protectionist measures against developing countries continue.
The European Parliament holds its first direct elections
The Brandt Commission consults ODI staff informally
ODI has a financial surplus, after two years of deficit, but there is an urgent need for long-term funding
In a major new initiative, ODI and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at Sussex University, prepare to produce an annual survey of EEC policies that have an impact on developing countries, with the first survey to appear in 1980
ODI is the venue for the annual launches of the World Development Report in 1979 and well into the 1980s
We join ranks with NGOs to form the Fourth Channel Development Education Group, working to secure improved media coverage of development issues
International events
ODI milestones
1980
1980-1983 recession
Brandt Commission on International Development Issues its reports, emphasising the need for more aid to developing
Birth of the Solidarity Movement in Poland
ODI and IDS produce the first survey of EEC policies that affect development countries
Our other main areas of work are: Agricultural Administration, International Economic relations, Aid and Trade and Adjustment
1981
First officially recorded cases of AIDS
Greece joins the EC
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated
The AAU now has three subject areas, each with its own network: agricultural administration, irrigation and pastoralism. A team from the Overseas Development Administration, evaluates the work of AAU, leading to further funding for three years
Africa receives more aid per capita than Asia and the percentage of aid to agriculture increases
Saint Kitt and Nevis becomes independent
The guerrilla war in El Salvador continues
ODI launches new research projects and expands its outreach activities to include more publications, meetings and conferences
Our research areas include Protectionism and Industrial Decline and Commodity Diversification in ACP Exports, as well as trade, the EEC, aid effectiveness, etc.
1984
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated
Brunei becomes independent
ODI prepares for its 25th anniversary
International events
ODI milestones
1985: ODI’s 25th anniversary
Live Aid, in response to the Ethiopian famine. This global phenomenon raises £60 million
ODI takes stock after 25 years, and enters a period of expansion in both programmes and staff numbers
Taking stock: we see the increasing fractionalisation of the so-called ‘Third World’, and economic relations between North and South in a state of flux, with a shift towards self-interest in Britain and elsewhere. Interest in, and financial resources available for, development studies is declining
We examine our strengths: our analysis of the ways in which the policies of Britain, the EEC and international agencies impinge upon development, of aid and its effectiveness, finance and development and agriculture.
We have provided a forum for reflection and dissemination of new perspectives, particularly through our journal, DPR.
We are collaborating increasingly with research institutions within developing countries, an area of work that will expand greatly in the years to come
We assist the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development with research and administrative support
ODI determines to develop the popular Briefing Paper format; expand the network of the AAU and build on ODI’s servicing of Parliament on an all-party basis. ODI will also expand its outreach to the media and its institution-building role
We will continue to scrutinise the relationship between EEC and developing countries. Work on trade will also continue, as well as work on the management of developing countries’ balance of payments
All of this will require major additional funding
1986
Single European Act is signed
Spain and Portugal join the EC
Beginning of the Uruguay Round conducted within the GATT framework
Australia Act: Australia and New Zealand become fully independent of the UK
ODI provides research on ‘Managing Third World Debt’ for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development
1987
World population reaches five billion
ODI’s annual turnover exceeds £1 million for the first time
We expand our research capabilities, notably around the design of major ‘structural’ shifts in economic policy in developing countries and the impact of such changes and works on the transition between ‘adjustment’ and longer-term recovery
For the first time, a French version of the Irrigation Management Network (part of the AAU) is produced for 300 francophone irrigation specialists on a trial basis.
The AAU builds a database on the interests and research experience of network members
1988
Perestroika underway in the Soviet Union
1989
Fall of the Berlin wall and the Iron Curtain
Massacre in Tiananmen Square
Overthrow of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu
Tim Berners-Lee invents the world wide web
We advise different bodies on the possible impact on developing countries of the completion of the European common market in 1992, the outcome of the Uruguay Round, and the prospects for ACP producers under Lomé IV
Our irrigation management network receives funding from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation, Wageningen to support a French Edition, with an expanded French membership.
Disasters journal moves to ODI from the Relief and Development Institute
Four research areas stand out: the environment, pressure on Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies, prospective changes in international trade and economic arrangements and possible implications for developing countries, and changing patterns of supply and demand in the field of aid.
New research areas include land rights and the rural poor, changes in industrial technology in Western Europe and their impact on developing countries, and the relationship between political change and economic policy formation
1991
Collapse of the Soviet Union, and war begins in the former Yugoslavia
Russian army stages a brief coup against Mikhail Gorbachev
Maastricht treaty
ODI examines the implications of development in the former communist bloc for trade, aid and finance in developing countries, the linkage between democracy and economic development, and the scope for effective aid to newer recipients
1992
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change opens for signatures at the Rio Earth Summit
Operation Restore Hope launched by USA to help UN relief effort in Somalia
We receive increased funding from the EC, which leads to a new Relief and Rehabilitation research programme in association with the European Association of Non-Governmental Organisations for Food Aid and Emergency Aid (Euronaid) in the Hague and work on EC development policy with the European Centre for Development Policy Management in Maastricht
ODI links up with Routledge to publish the Development Policy Studies series (previously published in-house)
The AAU becomes the Rural Resources Management Group (RRMG)
1993
Israel and the PLO sign a peace accord
We have three workstreams on the environment: the international post-Rio agenda, national economic policies, and specific environments, and we expand our work on forest regions, boundaries, semi-arid and arid rangelands etc.ork on international trade expands, largely because of changes in the international trade regime (GATT, EU-ACP Lomé Convention)
We prepare training books on Natural Resources Management
End of the Uruguay Round conducted within the GATT framework, which introduces the controversial Trade Related Intellectual Property Issues (TRIPS) agreement
Our annual turnover reaches almost £3.5 million, and we now have more than 50 staff
ODI creates the Relief and Rehabilitation Network (RRN) in response to the Rwandan genocide, providing an independent forum for humanitarians to share and disseminate information, analysis and experience. The network is later renamed to the Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN). HPN publishes specialist resources for practitioners and policy makers alike and facilitates debate through regular events and the Online Exchange discussion forum
New ODI publication series: Natural Resource Perspectives
ODI has become a major centre of expertise on European assistance to developing countries, underscored by a major study on the impact of the WTO and the Lomé Convention
We establish three separate research groups to enhance research coordination and respond more effectively to new opportunities: Natural Resources, Human Security and Development, International Economic Development
1996
The first post-apartheid constitution is adopted in South Africa
The Natural Resources Group is now our largest programme, receiving funding from Co-operation Francaise and the UK Department for International Development (DFID: the successor to the Overseas Development Administration)
The Human Security and Development Group includes the Relief and Rehabilitation Network and is receiving financing from ECHO amongst others
First UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006).
Adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC
The British dependent territory of Hong Kong is given back to PR of China
Russia joins the G7, transforming it into the G8
We establish the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) to promote a symbiosis between practitioners, policy-makers and researchers. Its Rwanda evaluation leads to the creation of SPHERE and a groundbreaking report that remains the only system-wide attempt to scrutinise the entire international response to an emergency, including the role of donors. The Relief and Rehabilitation Network continues to grow. The Active Learning Network on Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Assistance (ALNAP) is also created following realisation that the humanitarian world is failing to learn from experience and lacks a forum to share collective knowledge
Our Rural Policy and Environment Group is created, and runs the Agricultural Research and Extension Network (AgREN)
ODI is the venue for the launches of ‘The State of World Population Report 1997’, for the UN Population Fund and the ‘Human Development Report 1997’ for UNDP.
A new online library database gives visitors access to around 50,000 references
1998
Russian financial crisis
The G8 Finance Ministers' meeting endorses the creation of the G20, and inaugural meeting takes place in Berlin in December 1999.
ODI helps DFID develop and implement a sustainable livelihoods framework
The Humanitarian Policy Group develops an integrated programme, aiming to produce a key package of research and advisory work on ‘Aid Policy, Politics and Practice in Unstable Situations’ in the future
1999
Global stock markets tumble as the ‘dotcom’ bubble bursts
A new ODI mission statement is developed: … to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods ...
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) launched
Attack on the World Trade Center, New York
There are now 45 ODI Fellows in the field, working in 15 different countries. A new Commonwealth scheme to help countries strengthen trade policies expects to place five new Fellows in 2002
2002
Euro goes into general circulation
Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development pledges more money for aid
Creation of the African Union, replacing the Organisation of African Unity
In the run-up to the Monterrey Conference on aid, CAPE publishes a series of papers making the case for aid flows.
2003
Invasion of Iraq
Cancun ministerial conference aims to forge agreements on the Doha Round. The G20 resists demands from the ‘North’.
Our water policy programme works with photographer Andy Johnstone to mount an exhibition on water issues at the Oxo Gallery. Around 2,000 people visit
DFID extends support to the AgREN for another three years. AgREN will focus on the implications of globalisation, the reform of public service delivery, and rural livelihood diversification
ODI creates a food security Forum to support strategic thinking on food security issues in Southern Africa.
HPG launches the Good Humanitarian Donorship initiative at an international meeting of representatives from donor governments, UN agencies, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and other organisations
A new multidisciplinary team is established composed of economists, political and social scientists, natural resource specialists and lawyers around three headline themes: Human Rights, Aid and International Politics; Citizenship and Rights; Human Rights and Protection from Abuse
Ten countries from the former Eastern Bloc join the European Union
Asian tsunami
Our Fellowship Scheme is awarded the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Award for Capacity-Building at the 2004 Worldaware Awards for Business. Celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the Fellowship Scheme include the creation of an alumni association and a reception in the House of Commons
ODI’s Rural and Forestry groups merge to create the Rural Policy and Governance Group
We create new partnership and communications groups
ODI is contracted by DFID to run the Economic and Statistics Analysis Unit to undertake research, analysis and synthesis on the processes of poverty reduction and pro-poor growth
International events
ODI milestones
2005
UK Chairs the G8 Group and holds the presidency of the EU
Resumption of trade talks at the WTO Ministerial meeting in Hong Kong
King Gyanendra of Nepal declares a state of emergency and suspends democratic institutions
Kyoto protocol on measures to control climate change come into force
ODI produces half a dozen written pieces and gives more than 75 press, radio and TV interviews in the days following the Tsunami
ALNAP helps to coordinate the evaluation of the tsunami response
We use the DFID Partnership Programme Agreement to build alliances with civil society actors in developing countries
Our Civil Society Partnership Programme (CSPP) is created to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) to use research-based evidence to promote improved pro-poor national and international development policies
2006
Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon
Widespread demonstrations against the regime in Myanmar
Our Providing aid in insecure Environments report is the first full analysis of violence against aid workers and examines related trends in security policy and operations.
ODI is the Public Affairs News Think Tank of the Year
Comercio y Pobreza en Latino America (COPLA) is a new collaboration between ODI and policy-research institutions in Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Peru.
2008
Collapse of Lehman Brothers and the start of the global financial crisis
Rising food and fuel prices spark riots in some countries
Peace deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo ends the Kivu Wars
We carry out groundbreaking research into the likely impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries, influencing policy thinking and generating major media coverage
New area of work for HPG: Conflict, Civilian Security and Transitional Contexts
News feeds alert subscribers to new content on the ODI website, while ODI videos appear on YouTube and our pictures on flickr, and we have a growing following on Facebook
2009
G20 meeting in London
January: Israel announces ceasefire in Gaza
Barack Obama inaugurated as President of the USA
Congolese rebel Laurent Nkunda is captured and first trials is held at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which also issues an arrest warrants for Sudanese President Al-Bashir
Sri Lankan civil war ends.
Electoral protests in Iran
Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.
In Copenhagen, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15) is inconclusive and disappointing
ODI’s Development Charter for the G20, an institute-wide initiative, is seen as required reading by leading policy makers and researchers
ODI’s work on the global financial crisis accelerates, with ten country case studies plus research on the likely impact on children, fragile states, small economies, trade, private flows and remittances
ODI launches a cross-institute package of publications on different aspects of the climate change debate, and ODI and its partners launch Climate Funds Update
Looking back to our earliest days, many of the issues that concerned us in 1960 are still on the agenda today. From the financial slump of the mid-1960s, to the recent 
Our task now is to ensure that ODI remains fit for purpose – flexible, dynamic, forward-looking. 
