Publication of The Africa Commission Report

Infrastructure in Africa: The UK Commission for Africa Report and a Role for Private Engineering Contractors

Publication - Briefing papers - 17 September 2006

ODI Business and Development Performance Briefing Notes 5

Michael Warner

The Report of the Commission for Africa recommends an increase in aid expenditure on infrastructure of up to $150billion over the next ten years. The Report positions engineering services companies principally as ‘performance contractors’, not investors. Companies wishing to access this expanded market may secure commercial advantage by enhancing their social and economic performance capabilities. This includes: institutional capacity building for the public sector; support to local suppliers; and infrastructure design that broadens access for local SMEs to regional and global markets.

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Should we provide a guarantee that no child will be brain-damaged by malnutrition in Africa if money can prevent it?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 1 May 2005

'It is not an exaggeration to say that a third of Africa's children are brain-damaged as a result, with major long-term effects on learning, health and productivity.'

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The Africa Commission's 'Big Push'

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 30 April 2005

'The Africa Commission is an exhilarating, exhausting and intriguing read...It is the intellectual challenges which will extend the life of the Report..'

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Scaling up versus Absorptive Capacity: Challenges and Opportunities for Reaching the MDGs in Africa.

Publication - Briefing papers - 30 April 2005

ODI Briefings

Paolo de Renzio

This paper looks at how increased aid flows can be best utilised.

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The Commission for Africa Report and the UK Response to It

Event - Public event - 17 March 2005 12:30 - 13:45 (GMT+00)

Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development, examines the content of the Commission for Africa Report and the UK response to it.

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The Millennium Project: A Sound Strategy for Reaching the MDGs?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 1 February 2005

'The Millennium Project report Investing in Development invites developing countries to formulate expenditure plans based on what they will need to reach the Millennium Development Goals. Additional aid needed will be very substantial, even after allowing for re-allocation of current aid flows away from non-MDG related purposes.'

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The Seven Habits of Effective Aid: Best Practices, Challenges and Open Questions

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 8 January 2005

'When leaders from developed and developing nations meet at the 'High-Level Forum on Harmonisation and Alignment for Aid Effectiveness', to be held at the end of February in Paris, their challenge will be to come up with concrete proposals to put into practice what they committed themselves to in the 'Rome Declaration on Harmonisation' two years ago.'

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Gender and social protection

Publication - Research reports and studies - 8 September 2004

Theme Papers on Social Protection

Caroline Moser and Cecilia Luttrell

This paper is a discussion of the role of gender issues in social protection policies, strategies and programmes, and as such it shows that vulnerabilities to risk vary significantly by gender.

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The Implications of Hiv/Aids for Social Protection

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 August 2004

Theme Papers on Social Protection

Cecilia Luttrell

Through a review of current understandings of the impact of HIV/AIDS and a brief analysis of emerging new perspectives on social protection, this paper demonstrates why it is important for policymakers and practitioners to explore the implications of HIV/AIDS for social protection.

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Food Security and Social Protection

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 August 2004

Theme Papers on Social Protection

Elizabeth Cromwell and Rachel Slater

The objective of this paper is to inform DFID’s position paper on social protection about the ways in which food security issues should be taken into account in developing social protection policies, strategies and programmes.

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Rights-Based Approaches to Social Protection

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 August 2004

Theme Papers on Social Protection

Laure-Hélène Piron

Provides background information and analysis on the relevance of rights-based approaches (RBAs) to development for the provision of social protection (SP) in developing countries, supported through international development assistance.

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Basic Services and Social Protection

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 August 2004

Theme Papers on Social Protection

Rachel Marcus with Laure-Hélène Piron and Tom Slaymaker

This paper discusses the connections between basic services and social protection, focusing on health (including nutrition), education, water and sanitation, and safety, security and access to justice (SSAJ).

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Conflict and Social Protection: Social Protection in Situations of Violent Conflict and its Aftermath

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 August 2004

Theme Papers on Social Protection

James Darcy

This paper considers in particular the role of social protection in the aftermath of war, in what are commonly referred to (sometimes misleadingly) as ‘post-conflict’ contexts.

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