Public events archive - Events - Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

	In this section Public events - archive Event series Events co-hosted with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD) ODI participation at development and humanitarian events Event registration
Events are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on the title of an event to read written reports, listen to audio and access speeches and presentations, where available. 2009 Markets in emergencies: how to improve disaster response Public event - 11 March 2010 12:30-14:00 GMT Aid under pressure: towards aid effectiveness in fragile situations Public event - 10 March 2010 16:30-18:15 GMT How can tourism lead to poverty reduction? Public event - 08 March 2010 17:30-19:00 GMT Reframing the social dimensions of HIV in a biomedicalised epidemic: The case of treatment as prevention Workshop - 05 March 2010 Vulnerability in developing countries: Book launch Public event - 26 February 2010 12:30-14:30 GMT Next steps in European development cooperation Public event - 23 February 2010 13:00-14:30 GMT A new business model for humanitarian assistance? Public event - 22 February 2010 13:00-14:30 GMT Governance and accountability in health care delivery: raising performance in developing and transition countries Public event - 02 February 2010 17:30-19:00 Developing country responses to the food price spike: what have we learned? Public event - 29 January 2010 13:00-14:30 Tourism, local economic development and poverty reduction Conference - 08 January 2010 Accepting responsibility? The role of the state in disasters five years on from the tsunami Public event - 15 December 2009 17:30-19:00 International institutions and trade Public event - 14 December 2009 09:30-14:00 From Down-trading to Upgrading: Reducing Poverty in Latin America Using a Value Chain Approach Seminar, Washington, DC - 09 December 2009 09:00-13:30 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Copenhagen International summit - 06 December 2009 - 04 January 2010 Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty Public event - 02 December 2009 17:00-18:30 The end of ODA: death and rebirth of a global public policy Public event - 02 December 2009 16:45-18:00 Latin America and the WTO: current and future scenarios Public event, Geneva - 02 December 2009 16:15-18:15 Trade and climate change regimes: a course for co-existence Public event, Geneva - 02 December 2009 10:30-12:30 Should we bring Doha to closure? Public event, Geneva - 01 December 2009 10:30-12:30 Children's Rights at a Crossroads conference Conference - 30 November - 02 December 2009 The Seventh Session of the WTO Ministerial International summit - 30 November - 03 December 2009 Uncharted territory: land, conflict and humanitarian action Public event - 26 November 2009 13:00-14:30 The G20: perils and opportunities for developing countries Public event - 24 November 2009 13:00-14:30 Outcome Mapping for Programme and Project Planning Public event - 24 - 27 November 2009 Climate change and international development: the Conservative perspective Public event - 23 November 2009 10:30-12:00 Building equity north and south Public event - 17 November 2009 12:30-14:30 Towards a responsible state: building legitimate and accountable institutions Public event - 12 November 2009 13:00-14:30 The impact of the global food, fuel, and financial crises and policy responses: A child-sensitive approach Conference - 09 - 10 November 2009 Early recovery from conflict: the challenges of integrating humanitarian and development frameworks Public event - 05 November 2009 13:00-14:30 Analysing governance and political economy in sectors – Joint donor workshop Workshop - 05 - 06 November 2009 Financing universal basic education: Where are we, what next? Public event - 29 October 2009 12:30-14:30 New approaches to reforming the international aid system Public event - 23 October 2009 13:00-14:30 Shaky foundations? Political settlements, peace agreements and the road to stability Public event - 20 October 2009 13:00-14:30 Right to Social Security in Development International summit - 19 - 20 October 2009 16:00-16:00 The role of industrial policy in development Public event - 15 October 2009 09:00-10:45 Building a common future with business Public event - 13 October 2009 17:30-19:45 Peace versus justice? Understanding transitional justice in fragile states Public event - 09 October 2009 13:00-14:30 Perpetrators or victims? Conflict and the vulnerability of Arab nomads in Sudan Public event - 07 October 2009 13:00-14:30 Securing the peace: peacekeeping and civilian protection Public event - 30 September 2009 13:00-14:30 The Impact of the Global Economic Slowdown on Poverty and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific Seminar - 28 - 30 September 2009 The financial crisis and developing countries: taking stock and taking action Public event - 21 September 2009 13:00-14:30 Security, development and stabilisation: Promoting peaceful transitions through international engagement Public event - 17 September 2009 13:00-14:30 Business, Power and Politics: Creating competitive markets for business and development Public event - 15 September 2009 17:30-19:00 Outcome Mapping for Programme and Project Planning - 2009 Workshop - 15 - 18 September 2009 Development and climate change: Launch of the World Development Report 2010 Public event - 14 September 2009 13:00-14:30 Knowledge, policy and power: New directions in the development policy arena Public event - 11 September 2009 13:00-14:30 Tsunami Cash Learning Project Experience-Sharing Workshop - 11 September 2009 Global Financial Crisis Phase 2 Monitoring Country Case Studies Workshop - 07 September 2009 09:00-17:00 PEGNet Conference 2009: Policies for Reducing Inequality in the Developing World Conference - 03 - 04 September 2009 G-20 Chair Consultation of Low Income Countries - London Public event - 17 August 2009 G-20 Chair Consultation of Low-Income African Countries - Freetown Workshop - 14 August 2009 Gender and Social Protection Research Design Workshop - 10 - 12 August 2009 AusAID ADRA 2008 Research Communications Workshop Workshop - 28 July 2009 Free Trade Agreements in Asia: Are they good for business? Public event - 24 July 2009 10:00-11:30 Thinking Politically: What does this mean for DFID and the wider development community? Public event - 23 July 2009 16:00-18:00 Doing business in conflict affected environments: From building the peace to building the private sector Public event - 14 July 2009 17:30-19:00 The effects of the global financial crisis on poor countries: Views from Asia Public event - 14 July 2009 17:30-19:00 The impact of US and UK legislatures on aid delivery Public event - 08 July 2009 09:30-11:00 What role for Latin America in the world: Policy shaper or policy consumer? Public event - 07 July 2009 13:00-14:30 Second Global Aid for Trade Review Geneva Conference - 06 - 07 July 2009 UK Department for International Development (DFID) 2009 White Paper Launch - 06 July 2009 Global Trade Preference Reform Conference - 03 July 2009 09:00-16:30 Fragile states: The new paradigm? Understanding state fragility in the 21st century Public event - 01 July 2009 12:30-14:00 Development, security and transitions in fragile states Event series - 01 July 2009 - 28 February 2010 Getting results from engagement: how should government and business work together to enhance the investment climate and business driven development? Public event - 23 June 2009 18:00-20:30 Shaping the future: Long-term perspectives on migration Public event - 19 June 2009 13:00-14:30 Social protection to tackle childhood poverty Workshop - 16 June 2009 14:45-17:15 Social protection to tackle childhood poverty: Lessons from West and Central Africa Public event - 16 June 2009 12:30-14:30 Social protection responses to the three waves of crisis: Finance, Food and Fuel, South - South Learning Forum 2009 Workshop - 15 - 18 June 2009 Trade policy in the crisis: what implications for development? Public event - 09 June 2009 14:00-18:30 Livestock interventions in disasters: new ways to improve response – the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) Public event - 04 June 2009 12:30-14:00 UK leading the way: Moving forward in international climate change policy Public event - 03 June 2009 13:00-14:15 DFID Political Economy Training Workshop - 03 - 06 June 2009 New industries from new places: The emergence of hardware and software industries in China and India Public event - 22 May 2009 13:00-14:30 Moving out of poverty: Success from the bottom up Public event - 21 May 2009 13:00-14:30 How serious are donors about aid effectiveness? – The challenges to 2010 and beyond Public event - 20 May 2009 17:30-19:00 Assessing impacts of business on development: what do alternative frameworks offer? Public event - 12 May 2009 16:00-19:00 The global recession and Africa: Where next after the G-20? Public event - 05 May 2009 17:30-19:00 Knowledge to policy: Making the most of development research Public event - 29 April 2009 17:30-19:00 The Evolution of European Development Cooperation: Taking the Change Agenda Forward Public event - 29 April 2009 09:30-12:30 Adaptation: Hitting a moving target Public event - 27 April 2009 15:30-16:45 What do fragile states really need? Public event - 23 April 2009 12:30-14:00 Can developing country needs for energy be met without causing climate change? Public event - 22 April 2009 13:00-14:15 European Development Co-operation to 2020: Can Europe meet climate change challenges for European development co-operation? Workshop - 22 April 2009 Putting market access into practice: Reaching the bottom billion through corporate supply and distribution chains Public event - 21 April 2009 17:30-19:00 G20 London Summit International summit - 02 April 2009 Global consultation - Bridging the Gaps: Risk reduction, relief and recovery Workshop - 31 March - 02 April 2009 Perspectives on Impact Evaluation: Approaches to Assessing Development Effectiveness Conference - 31 March - 02 April 2009 Climate change and water: Understanding impacts, formulating responses Public event - 30 March 2009 13:00-14:15 Financing climate change Public event - 23 March 2009 13:00-14:15 The global financial crisis and developing countries: the G20 and beyond Public event - 23 March 2009 10:30-12:00 G-20 Investment in Children Seminar - 20 March 2009 11:15-13:00 The humanitarian implications of climate change Public event - 18 March 2009 13:00-14:15 How can markets work better for the poor? What approaches deliver impact at scale? Public event - 17 March 2009 17:30-19:00 Civil society, budget monitoring and policy influence Public event - 17 March 2009 16:30-18:00 Addressing the challenges of food security and managing a global food system: What is the UN’s role? Public event - 11 March 2009 12:30-14:00 The global go-to think tanks: What works where? Public event - 10 March 2009 17:30-18:45 Forests in a future climate regime Public event - 09 March 2009 13:00-14:15 Securing our Common Future: a conference on the future of international development Conference - 09 - 10 March 2009 Indicting Bashir: Sudan and the International Criminal Court Public event - 06 March 2009 16:00-17:30 The growth game: The institutions of development and the development of institutions in Africa and South Asia Closed event - 04 March 2009 17:30-19:00 Planning for the future: can climate change be brought into development planning through scenarios? Public event - 02 March 2009 13:00-14:15 Agriculture and Rural Development Week 2009 Theme Week - 02 - 06 March 2009 Water under pressure: Coping with changing environments and competing demands Public event - 27 February 2009 13:30-17:00 Social policy and the financial crisis in Latin America: is there any fiscal space left? Public event - 26 February 2009 17:30-19:00 The Transatlantic Taskforce on Development policy report Public event - 25 February 2009 11:00-12:30 Social protection in Africa Public event - 18 February 2009 12:30-14:00 Poverty dynamics: Interdisciplinary perspectives Public event - 17 February 2009 17:30-19:00 Legal Timber? Verification and governance in the forest sector Public event - 17 February 2009 13:00-14:30 Enabling growth and promoting equity in the global financial crisis Conference - 12 - 13 February 2009 Core business competencies for development impact: going beyond Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Public event - 11 February 2009 17:30-19:00 The global financial crisis and developing countries Workshop - 11 February 2009 09:00-17:00 The challenge of growth: Can economic growth be compatible with climate change mitigation targets? Public event - 09 February 2009 16:00-17:30 Big business, politics and competition Public event - 27 January 2009 13:00-14:30 Afghanistan and the new 'stabilisation' agenda Public event - 26 January 2009 17:30-19:00 Brokering a global deal on climate change Public event - 26 January 2009 13:00-14:15 Private sector strategies for development: access, competition and engagement in a downturn Public event - 20 January 2009 17:30-19:00 Harnessing the power of business for development impact Event series - 20 January - 13 October 2009 Inauguration of Barack Obama as US President Inaguration - 20 January 2009 Challenging development: Will climate change hold back poverty reduction? Public event - 19 January 2009 13:00-14:15 Climate change and international development Event series - 19 January - 03 June 2009 Cairo Roundtable: Evidence on Governance into Policy Round-table - 18 - 19 January 2009 Cleaning up our act: Scalable actions and effective aid Public event - 15 January 2009 09:30-13:00 World trade in 2009: Managing politics and economics for development Public event - 12 January 2009 14:00-17:00 How hard has the food price shock hit vulnerable households? Public event - 08 January 2009 13:00-14:15 2008 Services and development: The role of regulatory reform and trade liberalisation 18 December 2008 13:00 14:30 Prospects for sustaining and scaling up Millennium Villages 10 December 2008 16:00 18:00 Left in the dark: The unmet need for information in humanitarian response 04 December 2008 12:30 14:00 Development finance and the global financial crisis 03 December 2008 10:30 11:45 World AIDS Day 2008: Steering the response to HIV through the changing global financial environment 01 December 2008 14:45 17:00 The credit crunch and developing countries: the lessons for financial regulation 26 November 2008 13:00 14:15 What has been achieved in Katine a year on? A discussion on lessons learnt 21 November 2008 12:30 14:00 Are ethical and Fair Trade schemes working for poor producers, or do we need a new 'Good for Development' label? 20 November 2008 12:30 14:00 The WTO Doha round impasse: Implications for Africa 19 November 2008 18:00 19:30 The effects of the financial crisis on developing countries: Mapping out the issue 17 November 2008 17:30 19:00 Cities in an insecure world Conference - 15 November 2008 10:00 17:30 A long road home: Challenges of returnee reintegration in Southern Sudan 13 November 2008 17:00 18:30 Reforming for results: Can public finance management reform improve government performance? Conference - 12 November 2008 - 13 November 2008 Faith, Relief and Development - the partnership between Muslim Aid and the United Methodist Committee on Relief in Sri Lanka 2005-08 11 November 2008 16:00 17:30 Outcome mapping for programme and project planning Workshop - 03 November 2008 - 06 November 2008 Beyond Gleneagles and Accra: Smart aid for African development 31 October 2008 13:00 14:30 Let's stop the stink: Launch of the DFID water and sanitation policy Policy launch - 28 October 2008 14:00 17:00 Food shocks and food stress: Seasonality and the hunger debate 16 October 2008 17:30 19:30 Soaring prices, rising hunger: What next in the global food crisis? 14 October 2008 13:30 15:00 Can china continue feeding itself? Climate change, water stress and the global food system 09 October 2008 14:00 15:30 Shared global challenges: The way forward in fostering global public goods 06 October 2008 13:00 15:00 Accountability and representation: Weaknesses in IMF corporate governance 29 September 2008 13:00 14:30 Beyond Relief: Food Security in Protracted Crises 25 September 2008 12:30 14:00 Greening Aid? Understanding the environmental impact of development assistance 24 September 2008 13:00 14:15 Getting the MDG fundamentals right 24 September, 09.00-11.30, Millennium Plaza Hotel, New York Engendering pro-poor change: Putting gender at the heart of the MDGs 23 September, 09.00-11.30, Millennium Plaza Hotel, New York Corruption in humanitarian assistance: Risks, perceptions and prevention 17 September, 12.30-14.00, ODI Innovations in poverty reduction: The role of local government 11 September, 17.30-19.00, ODI Strengthening sub-national governance for poverty reduction: innovations and impact 11 September, 10.00-17.00, ODI The MDGs - challenges and opportunities: Bangladesh Perspectives 9 September, 10.00-11.30, ODI Civil society organisations and participation in trade policy processes 7 August, 12.30-14.30, ODI Strategies and tools for gender and agriculture: the Agricultural Development Initiative at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 21 July, 13:30-15:30, Ground Floor, ODI Delivering the development message: why it matters 14 July, 13:00-14:30, ODI Launch of the Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: ‘Escaping Poverty Traps’ 8 July, 17:30-18:30, Foreign Press Association The first Millennium Development Goal: What do recently published and forthcoming international reports on poverty tell us about policies for its elimination? 8 July, 10:00-16:00, ODI Abyei: Sudan’s fault line 25 June, 18:00-19:30, ODI Inclusive and sustainable business: Strengthening local supplier competitiveness 18 June, 17:00-19.30, Unilever House Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge: Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 2 June, 11:45-13:30, ODI The Darfur peace process: Where to now? 29 May, 12:00-14:30, ODI Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World - Book Launch and Discussion with Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart 22 May, 13:00-14:15, ODI The Politics of the Budget Process in Latin America: Policy lessons for other countries 20 May, 12:30-14:00, ODI Producing policy change: Innovation in the agriculture sector 9 May, 12:30-14:30, ODI Improving the International Humanitarian System 8 May, 17:00 - 19:00, ODI The economics and politics of state-business relations and economic growth in Africa 2 May, 13:00-14:15, ODI Gender and agricultural growth: policy engagement opportunities and challenges 30 April, 13:00-14:15, ODI Measuring Business Impact: A workshop to share recent experiences in understanding the contribution of business to international development 29 April, 17:00-19:30, Unilever House Crisis in Kenya: Land, displacement and the search for 'durable solutions' 24 April, 13:00 - 14:15, ODI Global Monitoring Report 2008: MDGs and the Environment - Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development 22 April, 13:45-15:00, ODI Migration, economic welfare and development: Are migration policies right? 22 April, 12:00-13:30, ODI What is Europe offering Africa? The pros and cons of EPAs 2 April, 18:15-20:00, Palace of Westminster 'The Future Control of Food' - A book launch and discussion with Geoff Tansey 18 February, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI Development evaluation - The institutional challenge 5 February, 1.15-2.30PM, ODI The challenge of developing a national social protection system: The Ugandan experience 30 January, 11.45-12.45PM, Interhealth Perspectives on Trade and Poverty Reduction 22 Jan, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI Combating corruption in post-war settings 17 Jan, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI 2007 How 'development' and 'foreign policy' connect: The case of Ethiopia 6 Dec, 12.30-1.45PM, ODI Implementing the Iraq Commission: What next? 22 Nov, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI Issues in managing scaled up aid 7 Nov, 1.00-2.30PM, ODI George Bush's foreign aid: Revolution or chaos? 22 Oct, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, development, domestic politics 19 Oct, 4.00-5.30PM, Hong Kong Lecture Theatre, LSE The development impact of social transfers: Lessons from the South African experience 18 Oct, 6.30-8.00PM, ODI Humanitarian advocacy and Darfur 17 Oct, 6.30-7.30PM, ODI World Food Security: A History since 1945 16 Oct, 6.30-7.45PM, ODI Meeting the development challenge 11 Oct, 6.00-7.00PM, Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House Commitment to Development Index 2007 Launch Briefing 10 Oct, 1.15-2.30PM, Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House *'Developmental states in the new millennium' - Launch of Development Policy Review* Theme Issue 4 Oct, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI Can journalists and aid workers trust each other? 24 Sept, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI 'In it together' - Report of the Conservative Globalisation and Global Poverty Policy Group 11 Sept, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI Darfur: Another chance for peace? 5 Sept, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI Environment, relief and conflict in Darfur 2 August, 1.00-2.15PM, ODI Remittances during crises: Implications for humanitarian response 25 July, 1.00-2.30PM, ODI MDG midpoint: Chronic poverty - Do people in chronic poverty gain anything from the MDGs? 23 July, 1.00-2.30PM, ODI MDG midpoint: Too little progress? The UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2007 19 July, 1.00-2.30pm, ODI 'Global Development and Human Security' - Book launch and discussion 11 July, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI MDG midpoint: Politics and process - What have we learnt? 10 July, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI 'Eliminating Human Poverty' - Book launch and discussion 2 July, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Biofuels and poverty reduction: Is there a way through the maize? 27 June, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Lessons from Latin America: 'Informality, Exit and Exclusion' 26 June, 1.00-2.30PM, Room 3W13, DFID Japan 2008: The evolving G8 development agenda 21 June, 12.30-2.00PM, Grimond Room, Portcullis House Aid for Trade: One year on - How much, for whom and the institutional challenges? 24 May, 10.00AM-5.00PM at ODI Africa after the Africa Commission: What priorities for the German G8? A DSA high-level policy forum co-ordinated by ODI and IDS 2 May, 9.30AM-5.30PM at the Law Society Does Foreign Aid Really Work? Roger Riddell, Sir Michael Aaronson and Simon Maxwell 24 Apr, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Global Monitoring Report 2007: Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Mark Lundberg, Mayra Buvinic and Andrew Steer 23 Apr, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI The IMF and aid to Sub-Saharan Africa Joanne Salop, David Andrews and Tony Killick 2 Apr, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Water for Food, Water for Life: Water Management in Agriculture David Molden, Julie van der Bliek and Steve Wiggins 30 Mar, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Understanding and addressing spatial poverty traps 29 Mar in Stellenbosch, nr Cape Town, South Africa Pro-Poor Growth: Insights and Issues Timothy Besley and Louise J. Cord 28 Mar, 10.30-12.00 at ODI The Limits of Humanitarianism Hugo Slim and Tony Vaux 27 Mar, 5.30-7.00PM at ODI The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Prof Michael Lipton 26 Mar, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Unlocking the potential of cross-border development programmes Dr Vinod Thomas and Catherine Gwin 22 Mar, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI The Challenge of Reducing Poverty: Comparing Developed and Developing Countries Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP 20 February, 2.30-4.00PM, Logan Hall, Institute of Education The Underutilised Value of Multinational Engineering Firms in Supporting Oil Companies to Tackle Poverty Michael Warner, Roger Swaine, David Green 6 February, 2.00-3.30PM at ODI Global Challenges: Europe's Role Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP 1 Feb, 1.00-2.30PM, Committee Room 10 Protection in Practice: Concepts, strategies and dilemmas 22 Jan (Geneva) and 9 Feb (Washington) 2006 The Macroeconomics of Scaling Up Aid Tony Killick and John Burton 11 December, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Global Economic Prospects 2007: Managing the Next Wave of Globalisation Richard Newfarmer, Hans Timmins, Simon Maxwell 6 December, 10.00-11.30AM at ODI Youth and Development: Learning the Lessons of the World Development Report 2007 Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP and Andrew Mitchell MP 5 December, 12.30-2.00PM, Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House Life or Death: Buying Time for Peace - Screening and Discussion Bruno Donat, Sarah Michael, Tony Zachariades, Nicholas Bates 1 December, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI States and Economic Development: What Role? What Risks? Professor Mushtaq Khan and Chris Stevens 22 November, 5.00-6.30PM at ODI The African Green Revolution and the Millennium Villages Project Pedro Sanchez and John Farrington 2 November, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI In Conversation with... Guillermo Perry, Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, World Bank 30 October, 5.00-6.30PM at ODI Is Global Poverty More Pressing than Climate Change? Simon Trace, Gregory Barker MP, Ashok Sinha, Susan Kramer MP, Sarah Mukherjee 24 October, 10.30AM -12.00PM at ODI UK Development Assistance to Latin America: Lessons from Peru Paul Spray, John Crabtree, Esperanza Castro Garcia, Enrique Mendizabal, Constantino Casasbuenas 23 October, 9.30AM-12.00PM at ODI Worldwide Governance Indicators: Governance Matters 2006 Daniel Kaufmann and Verena Fritz 25 September, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Book Launch: The White Man's Burden - Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good William Easterly, Simon Maxwell and Bob Picciotto 21 September, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI The Long Term Impacts of Project Aid: Evidence from China Martin Ravallion, Kate Bird and Massimiliano Cali 20 September, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Cash Transfers: Launch and Discussion of the Joint Special Issues of Development Policy Review and Disasters Paul Harvey, Armando Barrientos and Katie Fawkner-Corbett 11 September, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI Book Launch: Aid and Influence - Do Donors Help or Hinder? by Stephen Browne Stephen Browne, Sir Richard Jolly and Roger Riddell 27 July, 1.00-2.15PM at ODI The DAC Peer Review of the UK Richard Manning and Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP 20 June, 5.00-6.00PM, Commitee Room, Wilson Room, Portcullis House Aid for Trade: Its Role in WTO Negotiations & Long-Term Development ESRC Research Seminar Series: International Trade & Labour Markets - A policy-focused workshop 9th June at ODI Millennium Development Goals: Strengthening Mutual Accountability, Aid, Trade & Governance** Launch of the World Bank's Global Monitoring Report 2006. 5 June at ODI. Mark Sundberg, Lead Economist, Development Economics, World Bank and Brian Levy, Advisor, Poverty Reduction & Economic Management, World Bank. Responses to the Drought in the Greater Horn of Africa Sara Pantuliano, Research Fellow, Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI 31 May, 1.00-2.30PM at ODI The Impacts of Trade Liberalisation on Childhood Poverty Dr Javier Escabal and Dr Nicola Ansell 23 May, 12.30-2.30 PM at ODI Rwandan Implementation of NEPAD and Progress on the African Peer Review Mechanism HE Claver Gatete, Rwandan Ambassador to the UK and Paolo de Renzio, ODI 12 May, 1.00-2.15PM at ODI ADB Asian Development Outlook 2006 Launch 7 April, 10.30AM-12.00PM at ODI A New Equity Agenda? Roundtable discussion 31 March at ODI The Commercialization of Non-Timber Forest Products 6 March, 1.00-2.15PM at ODI Trade and Aid: Partners or Rivals in Development Policy? 8 February, 1.00-3.00PM at ODI Poverty and The WTO: Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda 24 January, 1.00-2.15PM at ODI Donor Approaches to Human Rights and Development: Lessons from NGO and Governmental Agencies Laure-Hélène Piron and Sheena Crawford 23 January, 1.00-2.15PM at ODI 2005 How the World Trade talks in Hong Kong could affect Africa - Monday 5 December at 5.30pm at SOAS A joint ODI and Royal African Society Meeting Speakers: Duncan Green, Head of Research, Oxfam; Sheila Page, OBE, Senior Research Associate ODI; Ambassador Edwin Laurent, Economic Affairs Consultant , Commonwealth Secretariat; Dirk Willem te Velde, Research Fellow, ODI; Alice Clarke, Economist, Emerging Market Economics (eme), Ex-ODI Fellow/Trade Policy Analyst in Malawi Chair: Richard Dowden, Director, Royal African Society A US Perspective on Development Policy in 2005 and Beyond Lunchtime Meeting Wednesday 12 October 2005 (12.00-13.00) organised jointly by ODI and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development Andrew Natsios, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). John Battle MP will chair the meeting. Labour Party Conference fringe meeting: The Millennium Development Goals: how do we get back on track? Monday September 26 Queen's Hotel, Brighton from 7.45pm to 9.00pm Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development, Naisiadet Mason, Senior Health Adviser, UNICEF Kenya Office, Simon Maxwell, Director, ODI, David Mepham, Associate Director, ippr. Chair: Heather Rabbatts, Channel 4. Organised in association with ippr and UNICEF UNCTAD's 2005 World Investment Report: Internationalization of R&D activities - Launch meeting Khalil Hamdani, UNCTAD, Respondent Dirk Willem te Velde. Friday 30 September 2005, 1.00pm (ODI) Doing Business Differently in Tourism: How tourism companies can stimulate local enterprise Lunchtime meeting Wed 21 September, 1pm (ODI) There is growing debate on how the private sector can contribute more to poverty reduction and pro-poor growth. Dependency and Humanitarian Relief: A justification for caution in providing relief or an excuse for inaction? Paul Harvey and Jeremy Lind Friday 23 September 2005, 1pm (ODI). Confronting the Challenge of State-Building in Conflict-Affected Countries Monday 26 September 2005, 17.30 Dr Ashraf Ghani, Chancellor of Kabul University, former Finance Minister of Afghanistan and Adviser to the United Nations in Afghanistan (2001-4), former World Bank official and political scientist. A meeting organised by Chatham House in association with ODI, at 17.30 at Chatham House. Can Poverty be Banished in an Unequal World? ODI/UNDP Meeting to launch the 2005 Human Development Report Monday 12 September 11.30am Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Westminster Speakers include: Kevin Watkins and Simon Maxwell Analysing Macro-Poverty Linkages launch of a theme issue of Development Policy Review on 'Analysing Macro Poverty Linkages' Sherman Robinson, Economics Department and the Institute of Development Studies, and David Evans, Sussex European Institute at the University of Sussex 25 July 2005 1.00 - 2.15 pm G8: Two ODI meetings on 1 July at ODI: NEPAD and the G8: Moving Ahead with the Mutual Accountability Agenda Prof. Wiseman Nkuhlu, Chief Executive of the NEPAD Secretariat, South Africa 1130 – 1300 hrs Does Foreign Aid Worsen Governance in Africa? Reflections on the Current Aid Agenda and African Development Nicolas van de Walle, Cornell University, 16.00 - 17.30 hrs The G8 and Africa: Will it happen? Will it work? an ODI Perspective Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Westminster. Thursday 23 June 2005 ,9:30 – 11:00 am Speakers: Simon Maxwell – The Africa Commission, the Big Push and the G8 Karin Christiansen – Security, Development and the Fragile States Agenda; David Booth – Politics: the Missing Link; Steve Wiggins – Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction; Ian Gillson – Trade: Towards Hong Kong. Chair: Tony Baldry MP Persistent Poverty and Barriers to Pro-Poor Growth 1.00pm-2.15pm, Thursday 26th May 2005, at ODI Prof Michael Carter (University of Wisconsin) "Sense in Sociability? Social Exclusion and Persistent Poverty in South Africa" Professor Andy McKay (University of Bath/ODI) "Can the chronically poor benefit from a pro-poor growth strategy? Lessons from Recent ODI/CPRC Research". Chair: Dr Andrew Shepherd (Deputy Director, CPRC/ODI) The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) Community Therapeutic Feeding: a new paradigm for selective feeding in nutritional crises, Dr Steve Collins, VALID International and Andre Briend, World Health Organisation. Tuesday 26 April 2005 at ODI. A Chance for the World Bank - Book launch Josef Ritzen - President of the University of Maastricht Monday 18 April 2005, 2.00 -4.00, ODI. Copies of the bookwere available to buy at the launch. Sudan: Conflict, livelihoods and prospects for reconstruction and development lunchtime meetings on Sudan to discuss the reconstruction and development framework jointly formulated by the Government of Sudan and Sudan People's Liberation Movement. 6 April - Speaker: Jon Bennett, UN Team Leader, Sudan Joint Assessment Mission. Framework for Sustained Peace, Development and Poverty Eradication in Sudan 15th April, 2005, Helen Young, Director of Public Nutrition, Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University, ‘Darfur: Livelihoods Under Siege’ Governance, Development and the 2005 Agenda This discussion event, held 4.30-6.00pm, Monday 4th April 2005, marked the launch of ‘Making Sense of Governance: Empirical Evidence from 16 Developing Countries’ by Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease. Speakers: Goran Hyden – University of Florida; Hester le Roux – Policy Analyst for Governance Issues at the Commission for Africa Secretariat; Comments from: Mathew Sudders – Policy Analyst, DFID; and Julius Court – Research Fellow, ODI. Globalisation and Education: Friend or Foe? Presented and discussed a project conducted by the ODI and the Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa). 1.00-2.15pm, Wednesday 30th March 2005 at ODI. Speakers: Dirk Willem te Velde – ODI, Simon McGrath – University of Nottingham. Lunchtime Meeting Friday 14 January 1.00pm to 2.15pm at ODI Realising the Promise and Potential of African Agriculture: Science and Technology Strategies for Improving Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in Africa Speaker: Professor Rudy Rabbinge, Inter-Academy Council & Wageningen University, Netherlands 2004 Reform of the International Humanitarian System 15 December 2004 Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development - Full Transcript A conference on the theme of ‘Bushmeat and Livelihoods' was held at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) on 23-24 September, 2004. (organised by ODI and ZSL) A Two-Day meeting on Nigeria, June 16-17th, 2004, Maximising pro-poor growth: Regenerating the socio-economic database ,Overseas Development Institute in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Beyond the damage: probing the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters, Lunchtime Brief, Tuesday 11 May. Book Launch, Food Policy Old and New by Simon Maxwell and Rachel Slater, Tuesday 30th March 2004 2003 Sven Wunder, Economist, PhD, DSc, CIFOR, Indonesia presented Does Oil Wealth Help Conserve Forests? Macroeconomic impacts on tropical forests and their utilisation, 1 October 2003 Proposal for an International Finance Facility Speaker: Stephen Pickford, Director of International Finance at HM Treasury, 13 May 2003 How should humanitarian needs be met in Iraq - an HPG debate , 10 April 2003 Two seminars to launch ODI's Working Paper Series on Livelihoods and Chronic Conflict were held on 28th January in Nairobi and on 30th January in London (January 2003) 2002 Famine and the failure of development? Southern Africa 2002 (July 2002) International Codes And Standards: The Developing Country Perspective (June 2002) 2001 Making Openness Work: Policies towards Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries Emerging Best Practices and Outstanding Issues (March 2001) Minority Rights in Development Aid Policies (Feburary 2001) 2000 Capital Account Liberalisation: The Developing Country Perspective (July 2000) Learning from Montserrat:Science, Public Information and Policy (May 2000) World Food Prospects: Critical Issues for the Early Twenty-First Century (February 2000) Pre-2000 Appropriate Institutions for World Food Security. Two Years after the World Food Summit - what has Changed? (March 1999) Britain and Europe: Partners for Development (March 1998) Helping the Least Developed Countries to Trade (November 1997)