ODI Briefings DetailsPublications in this seriesDetails Information, analysis and key recommendations on broad or high-level development and humanitarian topics, with the aim to inform and influence policy. ODI Briefings are authoritative, credible and decisive in tone, with actionable policy recommendations based on solid empirical evidence. Publications in this series Private sector investment in water management: company forms and partnership models for inclusive development Publication - Briefing papers - 17 December 2012 ODI Briefings 78 Peter Newborne This ODI Briefing Paper discusses the key role of private companies in reducing water use in their own plants and premises and in their supply chains. Download Public financial management reform in fragile states: grounds for cautious optimism? Publication - Briefing papers - 15 October 2012 ODI Briefings 77 Edward Hedger, Philipp Krause and Heidi Tavakoli This Briefing Paper looks at public financial management reforms across eight different fragile states over a ten-year period. A key finding is that substantial progress is possible, even in countries with very low income and capacity. Download Disaster risk management in post-2015 policy frameworks: forging a more resilient future Publication - Briefing papers - 28 June 2012 ODI Briefings 75 Tom Mitchell and Emily Wilkinson This Briefing Paper considers what is needed to strengthen the management of disaster risk over the next two decades and strategies to embed disaster risk management in the international policy frameworks to achieve this. Download Delivering maternal health: why is Rwanda doing better than Malawi, Niger and Uganda? Publication - Briefing papers - 31 May 2012 ODI Briefings 74 Vikki Chambers, David Booth This Briefing Paper uses new research from the Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP) to explore the institutional factors that shape maternal health outcomes in Malawi, Niger, Rwanda and Uganda. Download Non-state security and justice in fragile states: Lessons from Sierra Leone Publication - Briefing papers - 25 April 2012 ODI Briefings 73 Lisa Denney This Briefing Paper looks at the impact of the relative neglect of non-state actors in security and justice assistance in Sierra Leone. It calls for donors to address this state bias in their programming and sets out four rules for more frequent and more effective engagement with non-state security and justice providers in fragile states. Download Pages« first‹ prev12345…next ›last »
Private sector investment in water management: company forms and partnership models for inclusive development Publication - Briefing papers - 17 December 2012 ODI Briefings 78 Peter Newborne This ODI Briefing Paper discusses the key role of private companies in reducing water use in their own plants and premises and in their supply chains. Download
Public financial management reform in fragile states: grounds for cautious optimism? Publication - Briefing papers - 15 October 2012 ODI Briefings 77 Edward Hedger, Philipp Krause and Heidi Tavakoli This Briefing Paper looks at public financial management reforms across eight different fragile states over a ten-year period. A key finding is that substantial progress is possible, even in countries with very low income and capacity. Download
Disaster risk management in post-2015 policy frameworks: forging a more resilient future Publication - Briefing papers - 28 June 2012 ODI Briefings 75 Tom Mitchell and Emily Wilkinson This Briefing Paper considers what is needed to strengthen the management of disaster risk over the next two decades and strategies to embed disaster risk management in the international policy frameworks to achieve this. Download
Delivering maternal health: why is Rwanda doing better than Malawi, Niger and Uganda? Publication - Briefing papers - 31 May 2012 ODI Briefings 74 Vikki Chambers, David Booth This Briefing Paper uses new research from the Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP) to explore the institutional factors that shape maternal health outcomes in Malawi, Niger, Rwanda and Uganda. Download
Non-state security and justice in fragile states: Lessons from Sierra Leone Publication - Briefing papers - 25 April 2012 ODI Briefings 73 Lisa Denney This Briefing Paper looks at the impact of the relative neglect of non-state actors in security and justice assistance in Sierra Leone. It calls for donors to address this state bias in their programming and sets out four rules for more frequent and more effective engagement with non-state security and justice providers in fragile states. Download
