The PRODWAT thematic group was set up in 2003 to work to support better provision of water for household-level productive activities like backyard gardening, livestock keeping and micro-enterprises. These small-scale activities are vital for poor peoples’ livelihoods but they are frequently ignored by the water sector.
workshop brought together donor agencies, recipient governments, academics and practitioners to discuss recent findings and look into future directions for policy-relevant research. The workshop also reflected on the outcomes of the UN MDG Summit and of the WB/IMF Annual Meetings.
This conference is conceived as one forum for exploring the reality of the links between research and practice. It aims not only to identify problems at the interface between the two, but also to propose action points for the next six months to a year, which will be followed up by BOND and the DSA. We
ODI helped to coordinate the 2004 Annual Conference of the Development Studies Association of UK and Ireland, on the theme of Bridging the Gap between Research and Policy in Development. The aim of the Conference was to foster a better understanding of how research can contribute to pro-poor policies, and systems to put it into practice. The theme, "Bridging Research and Policy" very much reflected the special vocation of the two organisers, DFID and ODI.
conference aimed to review the linkages between growth, trade and poverty emphasising what takes place in practice, examining country experience of trade and poverty policy making and what lessons can be learned.
Many developing country governments regard the attraction of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a policy priority. Much has been said about the effects of FDI, but little is known about the distributional impact and what policies might help to improve the developmental impact of FDI.
A one day conference with the objective of identifying emerging best practice policies to attract FDI and made FDI work for development. The key questions addressed were what works, where, at what time and what are the unresolved issues?
The conference set out to review the changing role of humanitarian assistance, and to understand the implications of this change for aid agencies. The diverse views and reactions of speakers and participants at the conference reflect the wider debate within the humanitarian community about the relevance of traditional humanitarian principles, and the appropriate relationship between humanitarianism and politics.
aim of this conference was to set out the policy choices facing poorer countries and explore whether the lessons from middle income countries are relevant or not. Participants considered the effectiveness of capital controls, and practical-capacity building and policy implementation issues in the poorer countries, particularly in relation to issues around monitoring flows, the effectiveness of monetary policy and the ability to sterilise flows.