This ODI Working Paper examines the experiences of four of the BRICS – Brazil, China, India and South Africa – and identifies four key factors shaping the countries’ pattern of growth: people having access to assets; investment in productive activities; social transfers; and a political-economic context where inclusion is a priority.

This Working Paper examines the implications of the changing landscape of aid and development cooperation for developing countries. It examines how countries can best make use of the new choices available to them in financing their development strategies.

There is an increasing desire among policy and programming communities for service delivery in fragile and conflict affected states and situations to yield peace-building and state-building benefits. This paper maps the theoretical relationships and assesses the state of the evidence, which is found to be patchy for service delivery in general, and more so for WASH services.

This Working Paper reviews the evidence on growth, economic activity livelihoods in fragile and conflict-affected situations with the aim of identifying key findings, pinpointing specific weaknesses in the literature and shedding light on the nature and composition of the evidence base.