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Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance

Getting where needed: overcoming aid access obstacles

Event - Public event - 29 April 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

Knocking on the front door doesn't always get you in. That's been the hard lesson over decades for humanitarians seeking to bring assistance to those in need. This event will address the practical challenges organisations face in reaching those in need, and the strategies adopted to overcome them.

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Participant at Kstar 2012 uses Twitter to join in the debate online

The future of think tank communications

Event - Public event - 26 April 2013 10:30 - 12:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

How can think tanks adapt to an ever changing communications environment? How do we ensure that ideas continue to cut through despite stiff competition and scarce resources? This Social Market Foundation event hosted by ODI offers you a chance to share ideas and discuss how think tanks can develop and strengthen our output to adapt to an increasingly digital future.

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Women waiting to receive their cash transfer

Holding cash transfers to account

Event - Public event - 25 April 2013 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

Do cash transfer programmes effectively address issues of social exclusion? These and other questions will be explored in an ODI event which will present findings from Transforming Cash Transfers, a DFID-funded study that investigates beneficiary and community perspectives on unconditional cash transfer programmes in five countries - Kenya, Mozambique, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (both Gaza and West Bank), Uganda and Yemen.

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What next for the World Trade Organization?

Event - Public event - 24 April 2013 10:30 - 12:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Trade Out of Poverty (TOP) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD) are holding a joint event on the future of the WTO and its role in global development, featuring former nominee for the post of WTO Director General, Alan Kyerematen.

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Learning from the city: humanitarian action in urban areas

Event - Public event - 19 April 2013 12:30 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

With rapid urbanisation taking place on a global scale, urban areas are increasingly affected by humanitarian emergencies. Amid the growing recognition of the need to address the operational implications of urban risk and vulnerability in the humanitarian sector, this event will launch the British Red Cross’ recent study on humanitarian action in urban areas: Learning from the city.

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Children Play with Garbage in Cambodia Slum

How should inequality feature in a post-2015 agreement?

Event - Public event - 18 April 2013 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

Should our concern be with inequality, per se, or rather the situation of the most deprived? Which inequalities are most pressing? Do we need a goal on inequality, or should it be incorporated as a ‘cross cutting’ issue? Which individuals or groups should we be most concerned about? In the light of the HLP’s forthcoming report, we invite our panellists to reflect upon its recommendations and give their own insights on the questions above.

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Business and a post-2015 sustainable development agenda: where next?

Event - Public event - 17 April 2013 18:00 - 19:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

As we approach 2015, the target date for the internationally-agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), discussions on what will replace them are gaining momentum. While there have been a number of conversations about the role of the private sector in a new framework, there have been few specific suggestions on how businesses could become involved in a new set of goals. This event, co-organised by Business Fights Poverty, Stakeholder Forum and ODI aims to shift the focus of the conversation towards a more practical discussion of proposals.

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The age of choice: developing countries in the new aid landscape

Event - Public event - 27 March 2013 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+00)

Amid the cut and thrust of high-level discussions on global goals and the architecture of development finance at the international level, a fundamental shift is taking place in developing countries. This event will present the findings of new research into how the changing aid landscape looks from the perspective of developing countries.

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John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator visits refugee camp in Chad

The politics of humanity: the reality of relief aid

Event - Public event - 20 March 2013 18:00 - 20:00 (GMT+00)

In conversation with the BBC’s Mike Wooldridge, Sir John Holmes, former UN Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), will be discussing some of the most controversial episodes of his tenure as ERC and the morally complex choices confronting those responsible for the provision of humanitarian aid to people in need of assistance and protection.

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Elections in Kenya and Ghana: what prospects for political and economic governance?

Event - Public event - 19 March 2013 10:00 - 12:00 (GMT+00)

This event is the first meeting in an ODI series on ‘Elections, legitimacy and transitions: lessons from emerging democracies’. This timely event will look at two countries electoral trajectories: Kenya and Ghana.

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