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As part of ODI's mission to inspire and inform policy and practice on development and humanitarian issues, experts from ODI are regularly involved in media work, and provide commentary and resources on some key events in the field.

The most recent announcements and highlights from ODI appear below, and there is also a fully-searchable archive available through the form on the left. To keep in touch with ODI work, subscribe to our email updates through My ODI, or follow us through our news (RSS) feeds, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

Highlights of ODI work

Piecing together the puzzle of budget support

Jigsaw pieces of map (Source: sarowen, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarowen/2733587073/) 8 February 2012

How will European Union trade policy respond to new challenges?

Women traders buy fish from fishermen to trade at Ngwenye market in Mpulungu, Zambia (Source: Guy Oliver, IRIN - http://www.irinnews.org/photo/Details.aspx?ImageID=201103251032510611) 6 February 2012

The tricky transition to democracy: lessons from the Arab Spring?

Libyan rebel fighter holds old national flag (Source: Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/brqnetwork/5510274827/) 2 February 2012

Gates and innovation in agriculture – is money the issue?

Innovation in agriculture, Tanzania (Source: Gates Foundation, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gatesfoundation/6749038949/) 26 January 2012

Climate resilience: security policy and disaster risk management

A dry water pan in Kenya, Bondo, Nyanza Province (Source: Kenneth Odiwour, IRIN - http://www.irinnews.org/photo/Details.aspx?ImageID=201102221225580493) 25 January 2012

An agenda for change in service delivery

Collecting water from a road side water point (Source: Andy Johnstone, ODI) 19 January 2012

Making systematic reviews work for international development research

Systematic reviews and impacts of cash transfers on women’s livelihoods (Source: Rachel Palmer, Save The Children) 18 January 2012

  • With increased donor interest in evidence-informed policy-making, the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium considers the value of systematic reviews in this Briefing Paper and blog.

    Tracking development trajectories

    Rice researcher in Indonesia (Source: vredeseilanden, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/vredeseilanden/491264943/) 17 January 2012

    The rocky road to Rio+20

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Source: Frank Kehren, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fkehren/4034379282/) 16 January 2012

    Haiti two years on: beyond the headlines

    A family lives in a makeshift camp in front of the Haitian National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Source: REUTERS/Logan Abassi/UN Photo/Handout, Reuters) 12 January 2012

    More than just ‘demand’: Malawi’s public-service community scorecard

    Participants at a policy workshop (Source: iphilipp, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/iphilipp/198999726/) 10 January 2012

    • Drawing on political economy analysis, this Project Briefing and research report explore whether community-based monitoring instruments can improve public-service delivery.

      Is uncertainty the only certainty in 2012?

      Japan earthquake and tsunami 2011 (Source: Kasper Nybo, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaspernybo/5961370106/) 9 January 2012

      A pragmatic guide to M&E of research communications

      Gambian school child writes on blackboard (Source: h2oalchemist, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/h2oalchemist/414924312/) 6 January 2012

      Should donors give money to countries with poor human rights?

      UKAid - DFID Logistics Officer helps to load a pallet of humanitarian aid to Pakistan (Source: Defence Images, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/defenceimages/4875470263) 5 January 2012

      The political economy of policy-making in Indonesia

      Women working together (Source: vredeseilanden, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/vredeseilanden/491264799) 5 January 2012

      Rethinking support for adaptive capacity to climate change

      People flooded village rural Mozambique (Source: TheHumanitarianCoaliton.ca, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/humanitarian_coalition/2245957299/) 21 December 2011

      • ODI researchers explore the role of development interventions in supporting adaptive capacity to climate change in this briefing paper, report and blog.

        A WTO for the 21st Century

        Containers on ship (Source: pbo31, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbo31/231662101/) 19 December 2011

        UN integration and humanitarian space

        UNAMID Peacekeeper on Duty in West Darfur (Source: United Nations Photo, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/4587018425/) 15 December 2011

        What comes after post-2015? The future of the MDGs

        Street children in Mumbai gather around cars for begging (Source: focus2capture, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/focus2capture/671664724/) 14 December 2011

        Developing capacities for better research uptake

        Digging through files (Source: Ronn Ashore, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12392252@N03/2199167778/) 13 December 2011

        • Ahead of its tenth anniversary, this background note and blog revisit RAPID’s work on capacity development and summarises key lessons learned.