Monitoring policy influence: like measuring smoke?
'With creativity and maybe imagination it is possible to measure the influence of research on policy, which can seem as impalpable as smoke.'
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Rethinking trade preferences for sub-Saharan Africa: how can trade in tasks be the potential lifeline?
Development Policy Review Vol. 31, iss 4This article looks at how different approaches towards making use of trade preferences have resulted in divergent industrial structures and firm-level technological capability indicators. For the full table of contents, or to subscribe or submit an article visit http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/dpr -
EC neo-protectionism threatens European producers and consumers
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.
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How donors engage with business
Business engagement is a tool through which donors can better achieve their existing objectives. This paper lays out types of business, modalities of engagement and some approaches to donors-business interaction. -
The Taliban is not the biggest barrier to education for Malala's peers
'the Taliban thought they had solved a problem. When one of its gunmen shot a 15-year-old girl in the head for publicly opposing a ban on girls' schooling, it looked as though they had silenced a source of dissent. Instead, their intended victim has emerged a powerful voice for education.' -
Bangui Bay Windmills, Philippines, Energy
Alison Evans delivers a keynote speech to delegates at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, 2011.
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Source: FlickrLow carbon competitiveness - Nepal
As part of ODI's Private Sector and Markets programme's low carbon competitivesness project, the Nepal workshop aims to validate the research findings and stimulate discussion on the implementation of a low carbon development pathway in a forum that invites multi-stakeholder views and critical comments to facilitate feasible, meaningful and practical outputs, which can effectively inform policy and decision makers and help identify and prioritise key policy issues and pragmatic policy actions for green growth. The workshop is held in collaboration with South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE).
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Solar Energy Powers UN Mission Base in Lebanon
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Source: UN PhotoLow carbon competitiveness - Cambodia
As part of ODI's Private Sector and Markets programme's low carbon competitivesness project, the Cambodia workshop aims to validate the research findings and stimulate discussion on the implementation of a low carbon development pathway in a forum that invites multi-stakeholder views and critical comments to facilitate feasible, meaningful and practical outputs, which can effectively inform policy and decision makers and help identify and prioritise key policy issues and pragmatic policy actions for green growth. The workshop is held in collaboration with Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI).
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The BRICS lead by example in global governance reforms
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?
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Power and evidence in South East Asia
Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines are well on their way to middle-income status: now they need to incorporate a wider range of stakeholders and knowledge in policy decision-making. -
What we know, and what we assume, about violent conflict and development in Asia
'We know a great deal about violence and conflict. Yet, when it comes to the relationship between conflict and development, we often make assumptions that are not always borne out in practice, as recent research into subnational conflicts in Asia demonstrates.'