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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

Events: Public events

Poverty in Asia
Poverty in Asia

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Credit: Johnelbrando
Source: Flickr

Aiding Asia: the challenge of subnational conflict

Event - Public event - 3 July 2013 17:00 - 18:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

Subnational conflict is the most widespread, enduring and deadly form of conflict in Asia. This joint ODI-Asia Foundation event will showcase research from Burma/Myanmar, Mindanao, southern Thailand and Aceh, examining the role for international development assistance.

Soldier discusses plans for new buildings with community leaders in Helmand, Afghanistan
Soldier discusses plans for new buildings with community leaders in Helmand, Afghanistan

A soldier discusses plans for a new school and health center with community leaders at a meeting Mian Poshteh, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
License: Creative Commons
Credit: © Kate Holt/IRIN
Source: IRIN

Aid and the military: Future bedfellows?

Event - Public event - 3 July 2013 10:30 - 12:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

The ODI and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD) host a panel discussion on the issues around stabilisation and peacebuilding. What, if any, role should/can the military play in peacebuilding?

UCCS
UCCS

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Credit: Christian Aid
Source: Christian Aid

Improving impact - do accountability mechanisms deliver results?

Event - Public event - 21 June 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

How does accountability improve results?  The author and commissioning agencies of a new report,  Improving Impact: do accountability mechanisms deliver results?, will present the findings from their research in Myanmar and Kenya at this ALNAP-hosted event. Join us to discuss the findings of this report which methodically investigates the effects of accountability mechanisms on the quality and results of aid.

South Sudan Stakeholder Consultation
South Sudan Stakeholder Consultation

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Credit: Sphere
Source: Sphere

Improving humanitarian action: standards, verification and compliance

Event - Public event - 17 June 2013 15:00 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

A unique opportunity to learn first-hand about the outcomes and findings emerging from the Joint Standards Initiative, and the SCHR Certification Review Project.

Capital for the future
Capital for the future

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Source: WB

Capital for the future: saving and investment in an interdependent world

Event - Public event - 12 June 2013 16:00 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

This ODI and World Bank event hosts the dissemination of the Bank’s Global Development Horizons 2013 report. The aim of the report titled 'Capital for the future: saving and investment in an interdependent world' is to build scenarios for the global economy with special focus given to saving and investment. Maurizio Bussolo, the lead author of the report, will present the main findings of the report, which explores patterns of investment, saving and capital flows as they are likely to evolve over the course of the next two decades.

Walvis Bay port in Namibia
Walvis Bay port in Namibia

License: Creative Commons
Credit: John Hogg/World Bank
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UK Launch: 2013 African Economic Outlook

Event - Public event - 12 June 2013 10:00 - 11:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

The All Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (Apgood), The Royal Africa Society (RAS) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) will host the UK launch of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2013. The African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2013 thematic chapter will analyse the patterns and underlying drivers of structural change in Africa in greater detail and place a special emphasis on the role of natural resources and economic diversification in this process.

Overlooking the central Kumasi market at closing time in Kumasi, Ghana
Overlooking the central Kumasi market at closing time in Kumasi, Ghana

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Credit: Jonathan Ernst / World Bank
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UK launch of the European Report on Development 2013

Event - Public event - 10 June 2013 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

The authors of the European Report on Development 2013 (ERD 2013) will present some of the findings of the report, which provides a contribution to the post-2015 debate, and will put them in perspective with the recent publication of the High-Level Panel Report.

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