Staff and participants attending the Advanced Course Beijing 2012
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The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) at Tsinghua University are partnering to offer the second Advanced Course on Crisis, Recovery and Transitions.
Globalisation is in a process of transition. Five years after the global financial crisis erupted, some areas of ‘globalisation management’ – notably the financial sector – have been closely scrutinised, resulting in new regulation. Institutions like the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the global trading system more broadly, have received praise for helping to avoid the same degree of protectionism that undermined global efforts to recover from the great depression of the 1930s.
Two major multilateral agencies have elected BRICS candidates (that is, candidates from Brazil, Russia, India, China or South Africa) as their Directors-General in the last two months. Are we seeing signs of increased leadership in global governance from the BRICS countries?
In this blog, Simon Maxwell reviews Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Araujothe’s book, 'China’s Silent Army: The Pioneers, Traders, Fixers and Workers Who Are Remaking the World in Beijing's Image'.
China’s ever-growing dominance is often in the news – and not always in a good way – and the arguments prevalent in the media arebrought together and fleshed out in this book.
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Amid the cut and thrust of high-level discussions on global goals and the architecture of development finance at the international level, a fundamental shift is taking place in developing countries. This event will present the findings of new research into how the changing aid landscape looks from the perspective of developing countries.
This week represents a milestone for the Humanitarian Policy Group following the launch in Beijing of ‘Crisis, Recovery and Transitions’, a course targeted at mid-level and senior career professionals from the humanitarian and development sector.
