Kevin Watkins

Executive Director

Kevin Watkins joined ODI as Executive Director in June 2013. He is a former nonresident senior fellow with the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, and was previously director and lead author of UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report. His research focuses on education, globalization and human development.

Outputs

The Taliban is not the biggest barrier to education for Malala's peers

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 29 July 2013

'the Taliban thought they had solved a problem. When one of its gunmen shot a 15-year-old girl in the head for publicly opposing a ban on girls' schooling, it looked as though they had silenced a source of dissent. Instead, their intended victim has emerged a powerful voice for education.'

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Leaders pose for a family photograph at the 2013 G8 Summit

After the G8: tax, trade, transparency and the Lough Erne communique

Event - Public event - 24 July 2013 16:00 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

ODI welcome Michael Anderson, Director General Policy and Global Programmes at DFID, to discuss the outcomes of the 2013 Lough Erne G8 event and the subsequent Leaders Communique.

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On one side, Malala. Allied on the other - the Taliban and tax avoidance

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 July 2013

'A 16-year-old school girl has shown the world what Pakistan’s future could look like. Perhaps the Pakistani Government could take a leaf out of Malala’s book and demonstrate the resolve and ambition needed to make education a right for all children in the country.'

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Climate change – is that a small light at the end of the long tunnel?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 5 July 2013

If you’re looking for bad news on international development, then look no further than climate change. Energy-related carbon emissions have reached an all-time high. Global warming effects are coming through more quickly and more severely than anticipated. There is a growing risk that advances in human development will be thrown into reverse gear, with increased exposure to drought, floods and extreme weather reinforcing poverty traps.

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G8 on tax: More a first step than a giant leap

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 19 June 2013

Getting agreement on global action to prevent tax evasion was never going to be easy. In the event, the G8 summit communiqué has delivered more than a whimper, but far less than the big bang that many had hoped for.

Let’s start with the good news.

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