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The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York are partnering to offer an ‘Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals.
Canoes that operate as taxis across the river dock here at the Dhaka city port, Bangladesh
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The High-Level Panel, appointed by the UN Secretary General to advise him on the post-2015 agenda, reports on 30th May. Will the report live up to the hype? Will its recommendations meet the aspirations of the many groups and individuals who have contributed to the debate around post-2015, and will it chart a politically effective way forward for governments? This event provides a global audience with a chance to discuss the report with each other and with two key panel members.
Lawmakers meet during a session of Parliament in Accra
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This event will discuss the findings from a 3-year research project supported by the International Budget Partnership on the causes and consequences of budget transparency, summarized in a recently published book, ‘Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation and Accountability’.
Several hands cup the water flowing from a tap
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This event will explore the findings and policy implications of the latest ODI research on how aid can be best packaged to support governance and institutional development. The research draws on case studies in Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.
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This ODI and Agriculture for Impact event will launch two new publications discussing how to help smallholder farmers to make better links to markets in Africa.
This event has been cancelled however click the register button to see other events with Morten Jerven should you be interested to hear more about his book 'Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It'.
A man reacts as the preliminary results of the referendum are announced in Juba on January 30, 2011
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Much has been accomplished in South Sudan in recent years, but has the humanitarian situation in the world’s newest nation improved? This event will launch edition 57 of the Humanitarian Exchange on South Sudan, which examines from different perspectives the drivers of continuing humanitarian needs in the country and how humanitarian, development and government actors interpret and respond to these.
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This event discusses Matt Andrew’s new book 'The limits of institutional reforms in development' and its implications for the theory and practice of reforming public sector institutions in developing countries.
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ODI, in partnership with Practical Action Publishing and the Institute of Development Studies, are delighted to host Jeremy Holland who will speak about his most recent book Who counts? The power of participatory statistics.
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The Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster risk Reduction aims to continue the momentum of the prior Global Platform meetings, into a durable and sustained effort from all actors (governments, NGOs and civil society, international agencies and organizations, academic and technical institutions, and the private sector) to take shared responsibility in reducing risks and reinforcing resilience in our communities. The Fourth Session will also be an opportunity to progress and consult on the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). ODI researchers are speaking at different events during the conference.