Christian Kingombe
'Some key questions still remain to be answered to take full advantage of solutions offered by the leap-frogging development instrument of mobile banking.'
ODI Blog Posts, 24 May 2012. Comment
Heidi Tavakoli
'DFID’s bullish focus on results is welcome, but there are different ways to achieve results. An Independent Commission for Aid Impact evaluation points in one direction: a ‘more hands-on approach’ for budget support.'
ODI Blog Posts, 23 May 2012. Comment
Lidia Cabral
"The rise and establishment of Brazil as a development actor in Africa is good news. Notwithstanding the potential benefits ... [there are] some of the myths and challenges underlying the glitter of the Brazil-Africa honeymoon.'
Articles and blogs, 23 May 2012.
Charlene Watson
'The second REDD+ Partnership meeting of 2012 should be commended for its acknowledgment and frank discussion on these important issues. I left the meeting, however, without a clear sense of the pathway to progress.'
ODI Blog Posts, 22 May 2012. Comment
Tristan Stubbs
'Handing over policy implementation to any external organisation should be of concern. Under new proposals, the civil service would not only outsource the policy-making process to political organisations, but its constitutionally mandated accountability as well. If anything went wrong, where would the buck stop?'
On Think Tanks, 21 May 2012.
Ashley Jackson
‘High on the [NATO] summit’s agenda will be exit strategies and the buzz words ‘security transition’. Few are likely to be paying attention to the humanitarian consequences of troop withdrawal or addressing the human cost of their departure.’
ODI Blog Posts, 18 May 2012. Comment
Taryn Fransen and Smita Nakhooda
'It’s not presently possible to say with confidence how much funding has been disbursed or where it’s going... consistent fast-start finance reports that provide detailed lists of projects and programs supported are needed'
Articles and blogs, 18 May 2012.
Claire Melamed
'The level of ambition of those outside the Rio process is not matched by those within it. The last round of negotiations on the ‘Outcome document’ finished in New York at the end of last week, and the signs are that concrete agreements will be hard to come by.'
Post2015.org, 10 May 2012.
Emily Brickell
'Recognition of the need to reduce emissions from forests as part of efforts to avoid dangerous global warming has helped push forests up the political agenda. Whether these efforts are able to face head on the trade-offs and conflicts that exist and find solutions to these challenges will be one of its biggest tests.'
Articles and blogs, 10 May 2012.
Mikaela Gavas
'The House of Commons International Development Committee (IDC) inquiry into EU aid and the OECD DAC peer review ran in parallel... the main findings of the evaluations were not dissimilar. However, the key takeaways from both reports are rather different.'
ODI Blog Posts, 10 May 2012. Comment
Nick Scott
'A good communications strategy must start planning for obsolescence of a corporate website as a communications tool: it must look at how connections can be made between content and the social world, how information can be automatically posted on relevant platforms in the right format.'
Articles and blogs, 9 May 2012.
Andrew Norton
'We need to look back, building on the lessons of the past decade on what works best for understanding the causes of and solutions to poverty. We also need to look forward, and respond to the changing world.'
ODI Blog Posts, 8 May 2012. Comment
Dirk Willem te Velde
'The green economy requires a change in mind set by all... The European Report on Development’s framework provides a useful tool to do just that.'
European Report on Development Blog, 2 May 2012.
Vikki Chambers
'Current policy focus within the international community on the importance of regional bodies places too much attention on high-profile political groupings...To engage more effectively, it should look more closely at sub-regional and informal groupings and alliances. This involves a better understanding of the intricacies of west African politics and the power structures of sub-regional groupings.'
Articles and blogs, 2 May 2012.
Alina Rocha Menocal
'There is clear recognition that inequality has retarded development and limited the ability of large sectors of the population to participate meaningfully in political, social, or economic processes -- a problem that has to be addressed head-on if it is to be solved.'
Articles and blogs, 27 April 2012.
Peter Newborne
'The social and environmental aspects of hydropower projects need to be fully integrated as components of the main project, and part of a plan for local/regional development - not poorly funded ‘add-ons’.'
Films and videos, 27 April 2012.
Simon Maxwell
'Countries succeed or fall in the modern world depending on their ability to ride the wave of domestic and global change. A new index ranks Chile, Taiwan and Malaysia in the top ten among developing countries; but also, controversially, Tunisia, Kazakhstan and Peru. At the other end of the scale, Zimbabwe is an obvious member of the bottom ten; but so, surprisingly, are donor darlings like Ethiopia and Mozambique.'
SimonMaxwell.eu, 26 April 2012.
Lisa Denney
'While the international community is closely watching the outcome of the high level formal justice processes underway in the Special Court, a thought should be spared for the ongoing neglect of non-state security at the local level...'
ODI Blog Posts, 26 April 2012. Comment
Claire Melamed
'My handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the three possible post-2015 frameworks which seem to be implied by current discussions'
Global Dashboard, 25 April 2012.
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