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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

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  1. Man on a donkey, Uzbekistan
    Man on a donkey, Uzbekistan

    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: World Bank/Anvar Ilyasov
    Source: World Bank

    Localising aid – a challenge to the orthodoxy?

    Event - Public event - 9 July 2013 16:30 - 18:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    What if much of the orthodox aid effectiveness agenda that has dominated aid discussions for a decade is misguided? And what if the calculations aid givers make when assessing risk are wrong? This event will present the findings of ODI’s Localising aid research and provide a forum to debate the latest thinking on how to make aid more effective.

  2. Shockwatch: food prices annual review

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 9 July 2013
    ODI’s food prices updates focus on tracking international prices of key staple cereals maize, rice, and wheat, and provide commentary on events in markets that affect these prices. This issue is an annual review for the year ending April 2013. Also included is a special update: ‘Five years on from the price spike’.
  3. Poverty in Asia
    Poverty in Asia

    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Johnelbrando
    Source: Flickr

    Aiding Asia: the challenge of subnational conflict

    Event - Public event - 3 July 2013 17:00 - 18:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

    Subnational conflict is the most widespread, enduring and deadly form of conflict in Asia. This joint ODI-Asia Foundation event will showcase research from Burma/Myanmar, Mindanao, southern Thailand and Aceh, examining the role for international development assistance.

  4. Peace and conflict in Myanmar

    Event - Round-table - 2 July 2013 10:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    This roundtable aims to facilitate a high-level policy dialogue on three pressing interrelated issues: the ethnic peace process; the crisis in Rakhine State; and the Buddhist-Muslim violence in Myanmar and the wider ASEAN region.

  5. Localising aid: is it worth the risk?

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 July 2013
    Donors often perceive localising aid (transferring aid to local rather than international actors) as riskier than non-localised aid. But is this perception correct? This report finds that non-localised aid may carry higher risks of programme and strategic failure.
  6. Entry points for developing tourism in Nepal: what can be done to address key constraints to inclusive growth?

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 25 June 2013
    In 2012, tourism contributed 9.4% to Nepal's GDP: however, value captured per tourist is declining, and overcrowding is leading to an unsustainable 'low value, high volume' model. This report considers the key drivers and constraints of issues affecting sustainable tourism and suggests entry points for action.
  7. UCCS
    UCCS

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    Credit: Christian Aid
    Source: Christian Aid

    Improving impact - do accountability mechanisms deliver results?

    Event - Public event - 21 June 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    How does accountability improve results?  The author and commissioning agencies of a new report,  Improving Impact: do accountability mechanisms deliver results?, will present the findings from their research in Myanmar and Kenya at this ALNAP-hosted event. Join us to discuss the findings of this report which methodically investigates the effects of accountability mechanisms on the quality and results of aid.

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