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ODI media releases are listed at the bottom of this page. To search the archive, use the form on the left.
The key drivers of development progress are effective leadership, smart policies, proper institutional foundations and international partnership, according to a new ODI report.
The next European Report on Development (ERD), which ODI will produce together with partners, will research effective natural resources management for sustainable and inclusive growth.
The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) responds to the UK government's Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR), and asks whether the recommendations will really make a difference?
Eight new stories complete an online collection of Development Progress Stories ahead of a synthesis report later this year. The stories highlight effective development interventions in healthcare, education, good governance, access to water, social protection and economic growth in countries across Africa and Latin America
Sunday's referendum on secession for Southern Sudan must be the basis for a new beginning in both internal and external attitudes towards the future of the region according to comments from Sara Pantuliano, Head of the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute.
New case studies of outstanding progress in development from seven countries in Africa and Asia seek to describe and understand examples of development progress and inform the global debate on international engagement and development financing. The case studies form part of the research project ‘Development Progress Stories’.
Blaming speculation on futures markets for volatility in world food prices risks neglecting the crucial challenges facing global agriculture in the coming years, says ODI research fellow Steve Wiggins in an ODI blog and video interview.
A set of new reports from ODI provide country-by-country assessment of MDGs and highlight international development advances; while national and global pictures of progress emerge on a new website as the world enters final five-year push on development goals.
New research finds that structural factors have contributed to African growth, highlighting the nature and scope of state-business relations. More details in a set of essays published by ODI and the Improving Institutions Pro-Poor Growth (IPPG) programme, and summarised on the ODI blog.
