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   Growth, employment and poverty in Africa: tales of lions and cheetahs

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 26 February 2013

   Pedro Martins

   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.

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   The political economy of local adaptation planning: exploring barriers to Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making in three districts in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 25 February 2013

   Lindsey Jones, Eva Ludi, Aklilu Amsalu, Luis Artur, Matthew Bunce, Shirley Matheson, William Muhumuza and Daniel Zacarias

   This 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.

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3. New approaches to promoting Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making - Full Report

   New approaches to promoting Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making: insights from complexity science, climate change adaptation and ‘serious gaming’

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 25 February 2013

   Lindsey Jones, Eva Ludi, Patrick Beautement, Christine Broenner and Carina Bachofen

   Drawing 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.

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   To achieve water security, we must see its human face

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 19 February 2013

   ‘I am telling you, I am torn between my work and water.’
   
   ‘I cannot save water for myself while knowing that my neighbour has no water. I should give it to my neighbour.’
   
   ‘I cannot transport water on my own. However I can rely on others who have donkeys.’
   

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   Voices from the source: struggles with local water security in Ethiopia

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 6 February 2013

   Mengistu Dessalegn, Likimyelesh Nigussie, Wondwosen Michago, Josephine Tucker, Alan Nicol and Roger Calow

   What are the physical, social, economic and political drivers of water insecurity in different locations in Ethiopia? How have different communities responded to situations of water stress? What should be the public policy and institutional priorities to improve resilience to water stress at a local level, and reduce the negative impacts on communities? This assessment explores local water security in two very different sites in rural Ethiopia – a pastoral district in the eastern Somali region (Shinile), and a somewhat remote agricultural district in the south (Konso).

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   Choosing partners in security and justice programming: The need for pragmatism

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 16 January 2013

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   The age of choice: developing countries in the new aid landscape

   Publication - Discussion papers - 4 January 2013

   ODI Working Papers 364

   Romilly Greenhill, Annalisa Prizzon and Andrew Rogerson

   This Working Paper examines the implications of the changing landscape of aid and development cooperation for developing countries. It examines how countries can best make use of the new choices available to them in financing their development strategies.

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8. Achieving water security: lessons from research in water supply, sanitation and hygiene in Ethiopia

   Publication - Books or book chapters - 2 January 2013

   Edited by Roger Calow, Eva Ludi and Josephine Tucker

   Achieving water security remains an elusive goal across swathes of sub-Saharan Africa. This book asks why, and draws on extensive field research and institutional analysis in Ethiopia to offer insights for policy and practice which are relevant across the continent.

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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
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   Climate risk screening for rural water supply in Ethiopia

   Projects - December 2012 to April 2013

   The aim 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.

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10. Rural water supply corruption in Ethiopia

    Publication - Books or book chapters - 30 June 2012

    Roger Calow

    Corruption is widely viewed as a major obstacle to economic growth, investment and poverty reduction in developing countries, yet there have been relatively few detailed and open studies of the problem across sectors. In a chapter in the World Bank's 'Diagnosing Corruption in Ethiopia: Perceptions, Realities and the Way Forward for Key Sectors' Roger Calow explores corruption risk in the delivery of rural water supplies.

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