ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT (APGOOD)

HOUSE OF COMMONS, LONDON SW1A 0AA

Chair: Rt Hon John Battle MP
Vice-Chairs: Tony Baldry MP; Baroness Janet Whitaker
Secretary: Baroness Lindsay Northover
Treasurer: Ann McKechin MP
Executive Committee: Tom Clarke MP, Lord Dubs, Mike Gapes MP, Cheryl Gillan MP, Peter Luff MP

Research Advisor to APGOOD: Adrian Hewitt, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD

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ODI/APGOOD public events at Portcullis House (left) and the House of Commons (right)

Rt Hon John Battle MP, Chair, APGOOD

Adrian Hewitt, Research Advisor to APGOOD

Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, former Secretary of State for International Development, addressing an ODI/APGOOD public event

ODI/APGOOD Public Events 2008

ODI/APGOOD Event
The role of the IMF in low-income countries and the role of low-income countries in the IMF: Time for a change?
12 May, 13:00-14:15, Portcullis House
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ODI/APGOOD meeting series (Feb/Mar 2008)
'Pushing growth up the development agenda'

A series of meetings which will respond to the DFID Ministerial challenge to push growth up the development agenda, and tackle some of the questions it raises.
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ODI/APGOOD Public Events 2007

ODI and APGOOD event
Meeting the development challenge
11 Oct, 6.00-7.00PM, Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
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ODI, APGOOD and CGD event
The Commitment to Development Index 2007 - Launch briefing
10 Oct, 1.15-2.30PM, Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
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ODI, APGOOD, UNDP and UNA-UK event
MDG midpoint: Too little progress? The UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2007
19 July, 1.00-2.30PM, Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
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ODI and APGOOD event
Japan 2008: The evolving G8 development agenda
21 June, 12.30-2.00PM, Grimond Room, Portcullis House
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ODI/APGOOD meeting series 2005/07
What's Next in International Development?
Political Perspectives

Speaker: Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
Chair: Rt Hon John Battle MP, Chair, APGOOD
Tue 5 June, 1.00-2.30PM
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2LW


Speaker: Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Chair: Tom Clarke MP
Thu 7 June 2007, 1.00-2.30PM
Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2LW


Speaker: Lynne Featherstone MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on International Development
Chair: Baroness Lindsay Northover, Liberal Democrat House of Lords spokesperson on international development
Thu 14 June 2007, 1.00-2.30PM
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2LW

ODI/APGOOD/Fabian Society event at the Institute of Education
The Challenge of Reducing Poverty: Comparing Developed and Developing Countries
Tue 20 Feb, 2.30-4.00PM, Logan Hall, Institute of Education
Speaker: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development
Chair: Rt Hon John Battle MP, Chair, APGOOD

ODI/APGOOD/Foreign Policy Centre event
Global Challenges: Europe's Role
Thu 1 Feb, 1.00-2.30PM, Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament
Speaker: Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP, Minister for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chair: Baroness Margaret Jay of Paddington, Chair, ODI

ODI/APGOOD/DSA/DFID/UN-ISDR Meeting Series - Oct/Nov 2006
'Disasters and Development: From Relief to Preparedness and Risk Reduction'

Until recently, the impact of natural hazards on development had been almost completely ignored. An understanding of disasters as a factor that could both generate new poverty, and make poor people more vulnerable to natural hazards, had also been conspicuously absent from discussions about poverty reduction.

With the publication in 2005 of the DFID scoping study‘Disaster Risk Reduction: A Development Concern’, followed by the 2006 DFID policy paper‘Reducing the Risk of Disasters’, there has been a flurry of activity around linking disaster risk reduction to the MDGs, as well as a realisation that Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) need to include some assessment of natural hazards as causal factors in poverty and poverty as a factor which can expose people to higher levels of risk to natural hazards. There is also a growing recognition of the need to incorporate the enhanced risk of disasters as a result of climate change into PRS.

This series of four meetings aimed to address some of the problems involved in operationalising the linkages between disaster risk reduction and the development process.

ODI/APGOOD Meetings Series 2005

ODI/APGOOD Meeting Series - Autumn 2005
'Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty?'
In a year when Africa has been in the forefront of concerns ranging from the G8 to Tony Blair’s Commission, APGOOD hosted a meetings series focusing on the role of agriculture in lifting Africa out of poverty.

Natural Resource Abundance: Obstacle to Development or Harnessing Wealth for Development?
14th December 2005
Speakers: Patrick Alley, Global Witness and Arthur Neiland, Institute for Sustainable Development and Aquatic Resources (IDDRA).

Presentation of the new DFID Agriculture Policy Paper to APGOOD by the Secretary of State for International Development, Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Wednesday 7 December
This policy paper highlights the central role which HMG gives to agriculture in stimulating pro-poor growth in developing countries, emphasises its extensive linkages with the wider economy in developing countries, lays out the principles underlying the policy and identifies seven priority areas for action and future funding.

Supermarkets and Standards
23 November 2005
Speakers: David Gregory, Head of Food Technology, Marks and Spencer Plc & Dr William Vorley, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Making Science and Technology Work for the Poor
Tuesday 8 November 2005
Speakers: George Rothschild, former Director-General, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) & former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Australian Minister for Overseas Development & Prof Ian Scoones, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Alternative visions for agricultural growth in Africa: What should governments and markets do?
Tuesday 1 November 2005
Speakers: Andrew Dorward, Imperial-at-Wye, University of London & Prof Thom Jayne, Michigan State University

New approches to land for agricultural growth and poverty reduction
Tuesday 25 October 2005
Speakers: Dr Klaus Deininger, World Bank & Dr Camilla Toulmin, Director, IIED & a member of the EU Taskforce on Land
(Dr John Farrington, ODI Research Fellow spoke instead of Dr Klaus Deininger who was not able to attend but Dr Deininger's presentation is included here.)

Is agriculture still relevant to poverty reduction in Africa?
Monday 17 October 2005
Speakers: Peter Hazell, Director, Development Strategy & Government Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) & Prof Paul Collier, Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University, & former Head of Research, World Bank

ODI/APGOOD Individual Meetings 2006

ODI/APGOOD/Peace Child International Event
Youth and Development: Learning the Lessons of the World Development Report 2007
Tuesday 5th December 2006, 12.30-2.00PM, Boothroyd Room
Speakers: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development and Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Chair: Rt Hon John Battle MP, Chair, APGOOD

ODI/APGOOD/APPCCG/Practical Action Event
Is Global Poverty More Pressing Than Climate Change?
Tuesday 24th October 2006, 10.30.12.30 at ODI
Speakers: Simon Trace, Chief Exec, Practical Action; Gregory Barker MP, Shadow Environment Minister; Ashok Sinha, Director, Stop Climate Chaos Coalition; Susan Kramer MP, Lib Dem Shadow International Development Secretary; Sarah Mukherjee, Environment Correspondent, BBC
Chair: Colin Challen MP, Chair, APPCCG

The DAC Peer Review of the UK
Tuesday 20th June 2006
Speakers: Richard Manning, Chair, DAC, OECD and Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development.
Chair: Rt Hon John Battle MP, Chair, APGOOD

Improving Information on UK Development Aid:
The International Development (Reporting & Transparency) Bill
Tuesday 7th June 2006
Speakers: Tom Clarke MP, Member of Parliament for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, Baroness Janet Whitaker, Labour Liaison Peer
Chair: Rt Hon John Battle MP, Chair, APGOOD

ODI/APGOOD Individual Meetings 2005

Launch of Tom Clarke MP's Private Member's Bill: The International Development (Reporting & Transparency) Bill
Wednesday 30 November 2005

A US Perspective on Development Policy in 2005 and Beyond
Wednesday 12 October 2005
Speaker: Andrew Natsios, Administrator, USAID