20 May - The Politics of the Budget Process in Latin America: Policy lessons for other countries
Part of the ODI Event Series – 'Lessons from Latin America'. Speakers: Carlos Scartascini, Senior Research Economist, Inter-American Development Bank; Prof. Marcus Melo, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil; Prof. Bernardo Mueller, University of Brasilia, Brazil. Discussant: David Booth, Research Fellow, ODI. Chair: Edward Hedger, ODI. More >

22 May - Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World
Book Launch and Discussion as part of the ODI Reading List series. Speakers: Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Former Finance Minister of Afghanistan, Chairman of Institute for State Effectiveness; Dr. Clare Lockhart, Former Adviser to Bonn Process in Afghanistan, Director of Institute for State Effectiveness. Discussant: Timothy Othieno, ODI. Chair: Simon Maxwell, Director, ODI. More >

29 May - The Darfur peace process: Where to now?
Speakers: Jerome Tubiana, Independent Consultant, journalist and author of The Chad-Sudan Proxy War and the 'Darfurization' of Chad: Myths and Reality; Theo Murphy, Project Manager, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue Centre (seconded to UN/AU Darfur Joint Mediation and Support Team); Michael O'Neill, UK Special Representative to Sudan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Chair: Sara Pantuliano, ODI. More >

2 June - European Development Co-operation to the year 2020 (EDC 2020): What are the emerging issues?
The kick-off conference of the EDC2020 project – an EU funded project investigating key emerging issues regarding the European development co-operation – will be held on 2 June 2008 at the IPC Residence Palace in Brussels. More >

The role of the IMF in low-income countries and the role of low-income countries in the IMF: Time for a change?
An ODI and APGOOD Event. Speaker: Masood Ahmed, Director of the External Relations Department, IMF and Chair of the IMF Working Group on Low Income Countries. Discussant: Alison Evans, ODI. Chair: John Battle MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD). 12 May. More >

Producing policy change: Innovation in the agriculture sector
An ODI event co-hosted by RIU and held in conjunction with EADI, DSA and IDS. Speakers: Andrew Barnett, Director, The Policy Practice; Karim Hussein, Regional Economist, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Ann Waters-Bayer, Senior advisor with ETC EcoCulture in ETC Foundation, Netherlands and Member of the International Support Team, Prolinnova. Discussants: Andy Sumner, Fellow, Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team, IDS; Jim Ellis-Jones (TBC), Tropical Agriculture Association. Chair: Nicola Jones, Research Fellow, ODI. 9 May. More >

Improving the International Humanitarian System
An Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) Event. Speakers: Paul Clarke, Director, Oxford Change Management; Margie Buchanan-Smith, Independent Consultant; Maurice Herson, Co-editor, Forced Migration Review. Discussant: James Darcy, Programme Director, Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG), ODI. Chair: John Mitchell, Head, ALNAP. 8 May. More >

The economics and politics of state-business relations and economic growth in Africa
An ODI/IPPG event. Speakers: Dr Adrian Leftwich, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of York, and Co-director of the Research Programme Consortium on Institutions and Pro-Poor Growth; Dr Dirk Willem te Velde, Research Fellow, ODI. Chair: Tony Killick Senior Research Associate, ODI. 2 May. More >

Gender and agricultural growth: policy engagement opportunities and challenges
An ODI Event in conjunction with Oxfam GB. Speakers: Lynn Brown, The World Bank; Rachel Slater, ODI; Arry Fraser, Oxfam GB. Chair: Steve Wiggins, ODI. 30 April. More >