Scoping report on biofuels projects in five developing countries
This report summarises a set of scoping exercises carried out in early 2013 into the status of biofuel projects in five countries: Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia.
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Cash transfer as part of a social security program in Northeastern Kenya
Cash transfer as part of a social security program in Northeastern Kenya.
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Source: FlickrThe governance of cash transfers: lessons and ways forward
The focus of the roundtable session was on how citizen involvement in cash transfer programme governance and accountability can help support broader state-citizen relations.
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Women waiting to receive their cash transfer
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Source: FlickrHolding cash transfers to account
Do cash transfer programmes effectively address issues of social exclusion? These and other questions will be explored in an ODI event which will present findings from Transforming Cash Transfers, a DFID-funded study that investigates beneficiary and community perspectives on unconditional cash transfer programmes in five countries - Kenya, Mozambique, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (both Gaza and West Bank), Uganda and Yemen.
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Holding cash transfers to account: beneficiary and community perspectives
This multi-country research argues that understanding beneficiary and community perceptions of cash transfers is essential for designing effective social protection instruments. -
Growth, employment and poverty in Africa: tales of lions and cheetahs
This paper compares the experiences of four fast-growing African countries—Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania—in order to shed some light on the different growth paths being pursued, as well as on the policy choices that might explain the gaps in key development outcomes. -
The political economy of local adaptation planning: exploring barriers to Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making in three districts in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique
Lindsey Jones, Eva Ludi, Aklilu Amsalu, Luis Artur, Matthew Bunce, Shirley Matheson, William Muhumuza and Daniel ZacariasThis paper explores key institutional barriers in preventing effective Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making (FFDM) within development policy and programming. More specifically, it explores the influence of various institutional and sociopolitical drivers on the ability of district governance processes to adapt to change and uncertainty. -
New approaches to promoting Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making: insights from complexity science, climate change adaptation and ‘serious gaming’
Lindsey Jones, Eva Ludi, Patrick Beautement, Christine Broenner and Carina BachofenDrawing on insights from complexity science, this paper describes what processes are needed to promote Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making (FFDM) and trials three game-and reflection approaches to engage local decision in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda. -
Transforming cash transfers: beneficiary and community perspectives on the basic social subsidy programme in Mozambique
Kerry Selvester, Lourdes Fidalgo and Nelia Taimo (Associacao de Nutricao e Seguranca Alimentar, ANSA) with Paola Pereznieto (ODI)This report investigates beneficiary and community perspectives of the Basic Social Subsidy Programme in Mozambique. -
Mozambique's agriculture and Brazil's cerrado 'model': miracle or mirage?
Lídia Cabral, Alex Shankland, Anna Locke and Jimena DuranThis article explores what is currently Brazil’s most ambitious agricultural cooperation initiative in Africa – ProSavana - a programme aiming to replicate Brazil’s renowned ‘cerrado transformation’. -
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Source: FlickrRe-examining public financial management reforms: new frameworks and country evidence
This round-table brought together leading researchers on public financial management (PFM) to examine and debate evidence on budget reforms in low-income African countries. The round-table addressed frameworks for approaching and analysing PFM reforms, pre-conditions and political economy factors, prioritisation and phasing, and sustainability.
