Press releases
ODI researchers respond to the communique issued by G8 leaders in Lough Erne
Effective action at the G8 summit could see Africa reap a ‘development dividend’ that boosts poverty reduction and sets the region on a course for more self-reliant growth, according to the Director of the UK’s leading development think tank.
The G8 has ‘room for improvement’ in delivering on it commitments to tackle global poverty, according to Britain's leading development think tank.
Just over one in every ten dollars spent on dealing with disasters is spent on preparing for and preventing them according to new research from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery.
Violence and red tape have long impeded access for relief organisations. National assertiveness and ideological opposition are added barriers in many places. The discussion hosted by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will ask if the challenges are getting worse and what can be done to tackle them.
New research from the ODI’s ‘Shockwatch’ series reveals a significant shift from 2001 when almost 100% of private capital flows to sub-Saharan Africa took the more traditional form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG), in partnership with the Arab Thought Forum (ATF), is looking at past responses to humanitarian crises in the Middle East and North Africa to see how history can influence the forms and practice of humanitarianism today.