ODI Opinions - Publication series - Resources - Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

ODI Opinions - Publication series - Resources - Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

	Related resources HPG Policy Briefs Publication series ODI Blog Posts Publication series ODI Briefing Papers Publication series ODI Background Notes Publication series ODI Project Briefings Publication series Related links On the ODI site
SHARE OR BOOKMARK ODI Opinions are signed pieces by ODI researchers on current development and humanitarian topics. Published by ODI. Papers in this series - click for details Beyond grants: climate finance in developing countries Article - ODI Opinions 141, December 2009 Financing energy efficiency - good for the environment and good for development Article - ODI Opinions 140, December 2009 Must developing countries sacrifice growth to save the planet? Article - ODI Opinions 139, December 2009 Protectionism and the crisis: some good news Article - ODI Opinions 138, November 2009 Equity: downplayed, but crucial for development Article - ODI Opinions 137, November 2009 Political economy, water and the MDGs Article - ODI Opinions 136, November 2009 International engagement in fragile states: lessons from Southern Sudan Article - ODI Opinions 135, November 2009 Stock markets in Africa: bidding for growth amid global turmoil Article - ODI Opinions 134, September 2009 Making elections count Article - ODI Opinions 133, June 2009 The future of climate finance: a new approach is needed Article - ODI Opinions 132, June 2009 Why Rule of Law matters for development Article - ODI Opinions 131, May 2009 The global financial crisis: risks for fragile states in Africa Article - ODI Opinions 130, April 2009 Social protection: A global imperative Article - ODI Opinions 129, April 2009 Mobile phones for development and profit: a win-win scenario Article - ODI Opinions 128, April 2009 The ‘gold standard’ is not a silver bullet for evaluation Article - ODI Opinions 127, March 2009 Pursuing a Doha trade deal is a low priority Article - ODI Opinions 126, February 2009 Blue, green or red? A 'rainbow' stimulus to tackle global recession Article - ODI Opinions 125, February 2009 Are we missing a trick on employment, development policy and poverty reduction? Article - ODI Opinions 124, February 2009 Making markets work: Can you compete with the elite? Article - ODI Opinions 123, January 2009 A triple call on climate change Article - ODI Opinions 122, January 2009 Returns on investment in responsible business practice: higher in a downturn? Article - ODI Opinions 121, January 2009 Is anti-dumping a big deal? China and developing country exporters of textiles and clothing Article - ODI Opinions 120, December 2008 Why are children's rights invisible? Article - ODI Opinions 119, December 2008 The REDD road to Copenhagen: Readiness for what? Article - ODI Opinions 118, December 2008 Pro-poor adaptation: The role of assets Article - ODI Opinions 117, November 2008 Climate change: Getting adaptation right Article - ODI Opinions 116, November 2008 How do ethical and fair trade schemes affect poor producers? Do we need a new 'Good for Development' label? Article - ODI Opinions 115, November 2008 Future directions in water and sanitation Article - ODI Opinions 114, October 2008 Is the global food system broken? Article - ODI Opinions 113, October 2008 Recent bilateral initiatives for climate financing: are they moving in the right direction? Article - ODI Opinions 112, September 2008 The MDGs and the humanitarian-development divide Article - ODI Opinions 111, September 2008 MDGs and the environment: Are environmental institutions 'fit for purpose'? Article - ODI Opinions 110, September 2008 Sanitation and the MDGs: Making the politics work Article - ODI Opinions 109, September 2008 Inspiring action to reduce poverty Article - ODI Opinions 108, September 2008 Relations between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean: The partnership phase Article - ODI Opinions 107, September 2008 Making trade policy in Latin America more pro-poor: Is greater participation the answer? Article - ODI Opinions 106, August 2008 Supporting networks: Ten principles Article - ODI Opinions 105, July 2008 Doing development in a downturn Article - ODI Opinions 104, July 2008 A new donor approach to fragile societies: The case of Somaliland Article - ODI Opinions 103, July 2008 A misguided quest: Community-based tourism in Latin America Article - ODI Opinions 102, June 2008 Measuring the impact of business on development Article - ODI Opinions 101, April 2008 Is CSR just Corporates Saying the Right things? Article - ODI Opinions 100, April 2008 Stepping up the ladder: how business can help achieve the MDGs Article - ODI Opinions 99, April 2008 Migration restrictions and the 'brain drain': The wrong response to an ill-defined problem Article - ODI Opinions 98, April 2008 Mitigating climate change: what impact on the poor? Article - ODI Opinions 97, April 2008 Global social justice as a new focus for development policy? Article - ODI Opinions 96, March 2008 How to achieve growth: The million dollar question Article - ODI Opinions 95, February 2008 A planetary petroleum 'windfall' fund for carbon abatement technologies Article - ODI Opinions 94, January 2008 How do development and foreign policy connect? Article - ODI Opinions 93, December 2007 Understanding the political economy of climate change is vital to tackling it Article - ODI Opinions 92, December 2007 Realising gender in agricultural policies: The fight for equality is not over Article - ODI Opinions 91, December 2007 Budget reform at sector level: All bark and no bite? Article - ODI Opinions 90, November 2007 Reforming public financial management when the politics aren't right: A proposal Article - ODI Opinions 89, November 2007 Is the time ripe for a 'Good for development' product label? Article - ODI Opinions 88, October 2007 Making contract farming work with co-operatives Article - ODI Opinions 87, October 2007 Funding agriculture: Not 'how much?' but 'what for?' Article - ODI Opinions 86, October 2007 The first Millennium Development Goal, agriculture and climate change Article - ODI Opinions 85, October 2007 Ten steps to a new development agenda Article - ODI Opinions 84, July 2007 De Rato’s summer to do list Article - ODI Opinions 83, July 2007 Is financial liberalisation enough to promote financial inclusion? Article - ODI Opinions 82, July 2007 'Leakage' claims: muddled thinking and bad for policy? Article - ODI Opinions 81, June 2007 "Turismo pro-pobre" – ¿Qué ha ido bien y qué ha ido mal? Article - ODI Opinions 80, June 2007 'Pro poor tourism': What's gone right and what’s gone wrong? Article - ODI Opinions 80, June 2007 Beyond-aid policies and impacts: Why a developing country perspective is important Article - ODI Opinions 79, May 2007 Why Evo Morales is not going to be the next Hugo Chavez Article - ODI Opinions 78, February 2007 Sanitation and hygiene: Grounding the HDR call for a global action plan Article - ODI Opinions 77, January 2007 China and the politics of development in Africa Article - ODI Opinions 76, November 2006 IMF reform: What happens next? Article - ODI Opinions 75, September 2006 Assessing governance: How can political risk analysis help? Article - ODI Opinions 74, August 2006 Governance and aid effectiveness: Has the White Paper got it right? Article - ODI Opinions 73, July 2006 How to move forward on governance and corruption Article - ODI Opinions 72, July 2006 What’s next in international development? Article - ODI Opinions 71, July 2006 Where Europe Stands in the New Aid Architecture and Why We Need a New €5bn European MDG Fund Article - ODI Opinions 70, June 2006 Malawi: The Politics of Hunger Article - ODI Opinions 69, April 2006 Changing Course in Latin America: Reconciling Democracy and the Market? Article - ODI Opinions 68, April 2006 Lead, Follow or Get out of the way? The European Union and Impending Bretton Woods Reform Article - ODI Opinions 67, March 2006 The New International Benchmark Standard for Environmental and Social Performance of the Private Sector in Developing Countries: Will It Raise or Lower the Bar? Article - ODI Opinions 66, February 2006 The primacy of domestic politics and the dilemmas of aid: What can donors do in Ethiopia and Uganda? Article - ODI Opinions 65, February 2006 Democracy vs the Financial Markets: How will Latin America’s busy electoral calendar affect the performance of global financial markets in 2006? Article - ODI Opinions 64, January 2006 Rethinking Nation-Building Article - ODI Opinions 63, January 2006 Water and GATS: Lots of smoke but where exactly is the fire? Article - ODI Opinions 62, December 2005 Aid for Trade: What does it mean? Why should aid be part of WTO negotiations? And how much might it cost? Article - ODI Opinions 61, December 2005 Can tourism accelerate pro-poor growth in Africa? Article - ODI Opinions 60, November 2005 From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: How the WTO can make migration a win-win Article - ODI Opinions 59, November 2005 Re-thinking aid policy in protracted crises Article - ODI Opinions 58, September 2005 Networks: More than the latest buzzword Article - ODI Opinions 57, September 2005 Human Rights: Promoting accountable aid Article - ODI Opinions 56, September 2005 Cash Transfers: Just giving them the money? Article - ODI Opinions 55, September 2005 Trade: How cotton subsidies harm Africa Article - ODI Opinions 54, September 2005 Water: Sharing works best Article - ODI Opinions 53, September 2005 Seasonal Migration: How rural is rural? Article - ODI Opinions 52, September 2005 Sustained Oil, Gas and Mineral windfalls mean that Africa could fund a substantial portion of its own MDG Financing Gap Article - ODI Opinions 51, September 2005 It's a long bumpy road to Hong Kong – and there's still no real route map Article - ODI Opinions 50, September 2005 UN Reform: An eight step programme for more effective collective action Article - ODI Opinions 49, September 2005 The Niger Food Crisis: How has this happened? What should be done to prevent a recurrence? Article - ODI Opinions 48, September 2005 Farm Subsidies: a problem for Africa too Article - ODI Opinions 47, September 2005 Reconciling International Accountability with National Interests: Verification of legality in the tropical timber trade Article - ODI Opinions 46, July 2005 Restoring Growth in African Agriculture Article - ODI Opinions 45, July 2005 Closing the Sovereignty Gap: How to turn failed states into capable ones Article - ODI Opinions 44, July 2005 Aid to Africa: More doesn't have to mean worse Article - ODI Opinions 43, June 2005 Politics: the Missing Link in the G8 Africa Debate Article - ODI Opinions 42, June 2005 Gleneagles vs. Brussels? Burying the European Constitution poses a challenge to the UK’s 2005 development agenda Article - ODI Opinions 41, June 2005 Power to Consumers? A Bottom-up Approach to Aid Reform Article - ODI Opinions 40, May 2005 Should we provide a guarantee that no child will be brain-damaged by malnutrition in Africa if money can prevent it? Article - ODI Opinions 39, May 2005 The Africa Commission's 'Big Push' Article - ODI Opinions 38, May 2005 The Millennium Project: A Sound Strategy for Reaching the MDGs? Article - ODI Opinions 37, February 2005 The Seven Habits of Effective Aid: Best Practices, Challenges and Open Questions Article - ODI Opinions 36, January 2005 A Preference Erosion Compensation Fund A new proposal to protect countries from the negative effects of trade liberalisation Article - ODI Opinions 35, January 2005 The Indian Ocean Tsunami: How can the region recover economically? Article - ODI Opinions 34, January 2005 The Indian Ocean Tsunami and Tourism Article - ODI Opinions 33, January 2005 The Asian Tsunami: Economic Impacts and Implications for Aid and Aid Architecture Article - ODI Opinions 32, January 2005 Learning from the Indian Ocean Disaster Article - ODI Opinions 31, January 2005 Can more aid be spent in Africa? Article - ODI Opinions 30, January 2005 Giving, forgiving, and taking back: why continue to make soft loans to very poor countries? Article - ODI Opinions 29, January 2005 More Aid? Yes - and use it to reshape aid architecture Article - ODI Opinions 3, October 2004 UN Reform: How? Article - ODI Opinions 28, October 2004 Aid: what's next? Article - ODI Opinions 27, September 2004 How humanitarianism is changing Article - ODI Opinions 25, September 2004 Illegal Logging: who gains from tighter controls? Article - ODI Opinions 26, July 2004 Food Security: what have we learned from the Southern Africa crisis? Article - ODI Opinions 24, July 2004 Offshoring: opportunities and threats as services go global Article - ODI Opinions 23, July 2004 Bridging research and policy: the RAPID approach Article - ODI Opinions 22, July 2004 Chronic Poverty: a way out of the trap Article - ODI Opinions 21, July 2004 Bridges across boundaries: linking research and policy in international development Article - ODI Opinions 20, July 2004 Behind the rhetoric: the relevance of human rights for development and humanitarian action Article - ODI Opinions 19, July 2004 Rural India learns new ways of earning its living Article - ODI Opinions 18, July 2004 A Malaria Vaccine - What If? Article - ODI Opinions 17, July 2004 The EU and the poor: unfinished business Article - ODI Opinions 16, May 2004 International Financing Facility Article - ODI Opinions 15, April 2004 Research and policy: parallel universes? Article - ODI Opinions 14, February 2004 Decentralising environmental management - beyond the crisis narrative Article - ODI Opinions 13, February 2004 Protecting and promoting livelihoods in rural India: what role for pensions? Article - ODI Opinions 12, February 2004 Trade investment and poverty Article - ODI Opinions 11, February 2004 The business of poverty Article - ODI Opinions 10, February 2004 Budgets not projects: a new way of doing business for aid donors Article - ODI Opinions 9, February 2004 Redefining the official humanitarian aid agenda Article - ODI Opinions 8, February 2004 Can standards and codes prevent financial crisis? Article - ODI Opinions 7, November 2003 Aid in chronic political emergencies Article - ODI Opinions 6, February 2002 Aid financing for international public goods Article - ODI Opinions 5, February 2002 Aid and the Millennium Development Goals Article - ODI Opinions 4, February 2002 Aid effectiveness for growth and development Article - ODI Opinions 2, February 2002 ODI Opinions on effective expansion of aid Article - ODI Opinions 1, February 2002