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   UK International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone at the ASAZA gender-based violence centre.

   International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone listening to women at the ASAZA gender-based violence centre.
   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: Emily Travis/DFID
   Source: Flickr
   

   Good practice in preventing and responding to gender-based violence in humanitarian contexts

   Projects - April 2013 to June 2013

   This project seeks to map and critically analyse evidence of good practice in prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV) in humanitarian contexts which can support humanitarian practitioners and policy makers to improve the quality of GBV programming in the field.  The literature review will also inform the Humanitarian Practice Network’s (HPN) and DFID’s understanding of the scope and quality of the current evidence base of good practice in GBV prevention and response and recommend areas where additional research and evidence is needed. 

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2. Introduction to the Mwananchi Programme in Sierra Leone

   Publication - Films and videos - 10 January 2013

   Leh Wi Tok is the Mwananchi programme in Sierra Leone, focusing on creating constructive dialogue between marginalised groups and their representatives. This video introduces the programme using voices from our partners.

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   Mary Muntari collects water from a stream in Kachia, in Kaduna State Nigeria

   License: ODI given rights
   Credit: Kate Holt/IRIN
   Source: IRIN
   

   Climate risk screening for rural water supply in Ethiopia

   Projects - December 2012 to April 2013

   The purpose of this project is to develop a risk assessment methodology that can be used to assess the threat posed by climate change on rural water supplies, and suggest steps to minimise or mitigate such risks. The approach will examine risks along the supply chain, from resource, to source and end user, and look at how rural water supplies planning might be better integrated with groundwater recharge and watershed protection measures.
   

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4. 

   Advanced course 2012

   License: Creative Commons
   Source: HPG
   

   Advanced course on crisis, recovery and transitions - 2012

   Event - Course - 16 - 23 November 2012

   The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the National Institute of Emergency Management at the Chinese Academy of Governance (NIEM-CAG) are partnering to offer the first ‘Advanced course on crisis, recovery and transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals. The course is supported by the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) at the University of Canberra and by the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York.

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   RAPID outcome assessment

   Publication - Toolkits - 28 September 2012

   The RAPID Outcome Assessment (ROA) provides a learning methodology to assess and map the contribution of a project’s actions on a particular change in policy or the policy environment. It is a flexible and visual tool that can be used in conjunction with other evaluation tools and methods.

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6. 

   Women carrying cartons of oil, IDP camp, Uganda

   Women carrying cartons of oil to the distribution site at Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 18 May 2007. WFP is to maintain the 40 percent ration for 1.28 million displaced in northern Uganda its food supplies are normalized.
   License: ODI given rights
   Credit: Manoocher Deghati
   Source: IRIN
   

   DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme

   Projects - September 2012 to August 2016

   The Department for International Development (DFID) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Growth Research Programme  seeks to generate high quality evidence on economic growth in low income countries.

   The first call for proposals focused on three core areas:

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   Walking through maze

   A boy walks through a grass maze
   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: ailatan
   Source: Flickr
   

   Methods' lab: building relevant and timely tools for impact evaluation and assessment

   Projects - September 2012 to September 2016

   Policymakers and donor agencies are under increasing pressure to justify public spending on social and economic development programmes.  In response, there has been a substantial investment over the last few years on rigorous impact evaluations, focusing on quantitative data gathered through experimental or quasi-experimental methods, particularly randomised control trials.

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8. Think Tank Initiative Exchange 2012

   Event - Conference - 18 - 20 June 2012

   Nick Scott and Enrique Mendizabal were resource people, presenting at a session on 'How a digital strategy can enhance think tank management, research and communications'.
   

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9. Developing research communications capacity:lessons from recent experiences

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 11 June 2012

   Enrique Mendizabal, Martine Zeuthen

   This research report outlines key findings from an evaluation of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and International Network for the Availability of Science Publications's (INASP) communications capacity development support to the International Development Research Centre's Acacia initiative in 2011.

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10. ‘Knowledge Policy and Power in International Development: A Practical Guide’ – European Book Launch

    Event - Public event - 1 May 2012 17:00 - 19:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

    On 1st May ODI will officially launch a new practical book focused on understanding how knowledge, policy and power interact to promote or prevent change in international development. This launch event provides an opportunity to discuss the book's findings and recommendations with experts from the Global South and North, as well as consider ways in which these aspects can be taken forward practically.

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