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Improving impact evaluation production and use
Publications - ODI Working Paper 300, March 2009
A 'new' approach to global value chain analysis
Publications - ODI Working Paper 293, August 2008
Practical approaches to transboundary water benefit sharing
Publications - ODI Working Paper 292, July 2008
Donor support to private sector development in sub-Saharan Africa
Publications - ODI Working Paper 290, May 2008
The Gambia tourism value chain and prospects for pro-poor tourism
Publications - ODI Working Paper 289, March 2008
The intergenerational transmission of poverty: An overview
Publications - ODI Working Paper 286, December 2007
Rethinking governance in water services
Publications - ODI Working Paper 284, December 2007
Making a difference: M&E of policy research
Publications - ODI Working Paper 281, July 2007
Is Zambia contracting Dutch disease?
Publications - ODI Working Paper 279, February 2007
Reforming the international aid architecture: Options and ways forward
Publications - ODI Working Paper 278, October 2006
Building Effective Research Policy Networks: Linking function and form
Publications - ODI Working Paper 276, October 2006
(Re)building developmental states: From theory to practice
Publications - ODI Working Paper 274, September 2006
Understanding Networks: The functions of research policy networks
Publications - ODI Working Paper 271, July 2006
Growth and Poverty in Asia: Where Next?
Publications - ODI Working Paper 267, June 2006
What would doubling aid do for macroeconomic management in Africa?
Publications - ODI Working Paper 264, April 2006
Politics and Poverty Reduction Strategies: Lessons from Latin American HIPCs
Publications - ODI Working Paper 262, February 2006
Drivers of Change and Development in Malawi
Publications - ODI Working Paper 261, January 2006
Closing the Sovereignty Gap: an Approach to State-Building
Publications - ODI Working Paper 253, September 2005
Spyglass. Spigot. Spoon. Or Spanner. What future for bilateral aid?
Publications - ODI Working Paper 250, July 2005
Incentives for Harmonisation and Alignment in Aid Agencies
Publications - ODI Working Paper 248, June 2005
Change, Violence and Insecurity in Non-Conflict Situations
Publications - ODI Working Paper 245, March 2005
The Washington Consensus is dead! Long live the meta-narrative!
Publications - ODI Working Paper 243, January 2005
Fracture Points in Social Policies for Chronic Poverty Reduction
Publications - ODI Working Paper 242, November 2004
Politics and the PRSP Approach - Vietnam Case Study
Publications - ODI Working Paper 241, May 2004
Politics and the PRSP Approach - Georgia Case Study
Publications - ODI Working Paper 239, May 2004
Politics and the PRSP Approach: Bolivia Case Study
Publications - ODI Working Paper 238, May 2004
Politics and the PRSP Approach - Uganda Case Study
Publications - ODI Working Paper 240, March 2004
Politics and the PRSP Approach - Synthesis Paper
Publications - ODI Working Paper 237, March 2004
The International Aid System 2005-2010: Forces For and Against Change
Publications - ODI Working Paper 235, March 2004
Why Cooperate? A Multi-Disciplinary Study of Collective Action
Publications - ODI Working Paper 234, February 2004
Food Security and the Millennium Development Goal on Hunger in Asia
Publications - ODI Working Paper 231, December 2003
Smart Governance? Politics in the Policy Process in Andhra Pradesh, India
Publications - ODI Working Paper 228, October 2003
Communication of Research for Poverty Reduction: A Literature Review
Publications - ODI Working Paper 227, October 2003
Bridging Research and Policy: Insights from 50 Case Studies
Publications - ODI Working Paper 213, August 2003
Sustainable Livelihoods: A Case Study of the Evolution of DFID Policy
Publications - ODI Working Paper 217, June 2003
Results-oriented Public Expenditure Management: Case Study of Ghana
Publications - ODI Working Paper 208, June 2003
Coopération au développement de l'UE à l'horizon 2010
Publications - ODI Working Paper 219, May 2003
European Development Cooperation to 2010
Publications - ODI Working Paper 219, May 2003
Seasonal Labour Migration in Rural Nepal: A Preliminary Overview
Publications - ODI Working Paper 218, May 2003
Results-oriented Expenditure Management: the Case of Burkina Faso
Publications - ODI Working Paper 207, April 2003
Results-Oriented Public Expenditure: Case Study of Mali
Publications - ODI Working Paper 206, April 2003
Targets and Results in Public Sector Management: Uganda Case Study
Publications - ODI Working Paper 205, March 2003
Results-oriented Expenditure Management: Country Study - Tanzania
Publications - ODI Working Paper 204, March 2003
Results-oriented Public Expenditure in Cambodia
Publications - ODI Working Paper 201, March 2003
Measuring Capital Flight: Estimates and Interpretations
Publications - ODI Working Paper 194, March 2003
Results-oriented Budget Practice in OECD Countries
Publications - ODI Working Paper 209, February 2003
Public expenditure for development results and poverty reduction
Publications - ODI Working Paper 203, February 2003
Results-Based Public Management in Bolivia
Publications - ODI Working Paper 202, February 2003
Decentralisation in India: Poverty, Politics and Panchayati Raj
Publications - ODI Working Paper 199, February 2003
Rural Non-farm Employment: an Analysis of Rural Urban Interdependencies
Publications - ODI Working Paper 196, February 2003
Conducive Conditions: Livelihood interventions in Southern Somalia
Publications - ODI Working Paper 193, December 2002
Assessment of Needs of Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia
Publications - ODI Working Paper 189, December 2002
Food Economy in Situations of Chronic Political Instability
Publications - ODI Working Paper 188, December 2002
The Consequences of Conflict: Livelihoods and Development in Nepal
Publications - ODI Working Paper 185, December 2002
Livelihoods and Chronic Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography
Publications - ODI Working Paper 184, December 2002
Democratic Process and Electoral Politics in Andhra Pradesh, India
Publications - ODI Working Paper 180, September 2002
Bridging Research and Policy: An Annotated Bibliography
Publications - ODI Working Paper 174, September 2002
Bridging Research and Policy: Context, Evidence and Links
Publications - ODI Working Paper 173, September 2002
Decentralisation in Madhya Pradesh: Panchayati Raj to Gram Swaraj
Publications - ODI Working Paper 170, September 2002
Extension, Poverty and Vulnerability in India
Publications - ODI Working Paper 154, March 2002
Sector Wide Programmes and Poverty Reduction
Publications - ODI Working Paper 157, November 2001
The Choice of Financial Aid Instruments
Publications - ODI Working Paper 158, October 2001
The Status of Sector Wide Approaches
Publications - ODI Working Paper 142, January 2001
Aid and Public Expenditure: A Guide
Publications - ODI Working Paper 141, October 2000
Watersheds and Rural Livelihoods in India
Publications - ODI Working Paper 131, April 2000
Tourism, the Poor and Other Stakeholders: Experience in Asia
Publications - ODI Working Paper, April 2000
Do the Poor Matter? A Comparative Study for Poverty Reduction in India
Publications - ODI Working Paper 124, March 2000
The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and Programme Development in Cambodia
Publications - ODI Working Paper 130, February 2000
The Impacts of Tourism on Rural Livelihoods: Namibia's Experience
Publications - ODI Working Paper 128, February 2000
Sustainable livelihoods and project design in India
Publications - ODI Working Paper 127, February 2000
European Aid for Poverty Reduction in Nepal
Publications - ODI Working Paper 123, January 2000
Understanding Rangeland Biodiversity
Publications - ODI Working Paper 121, September 1999
The Policy Process
Publications - ODI Working Paper 118, August 1999
Drought and Livestock in Semi-Arid Africa and Southwest Asia
Publications - ODI Working Paper 117, March 1999
European Aid for Poverty Reduction in Tanzania
Publications - ODI Working Paper 116, December 1998
Netherlands Aid Policies for Poverty Reduction
Publications - ODI Working Paper 115, December 1998
Food Aid and Food Security in the 1990s: Performance and Effectiveness
Publications - ODI Working Paper 113, September 1998
Decentralising Forest Management and Conservation in Central America
Publications - ODI Working Paper 93, June 1996
The Formal Financial Sector in Ghana after the Reforms
Publications - ODI Working Paper 86, January 1996
Monetary policy in Kenya, 1967-88
Publications - ODI Working Paper 38, July 1990