This report uses three country case studies to look at responses to the 2007/8 food price spike
Recipients have their own views on who are the most effective multilateral donors, according to a new ODI Project Briefing.
The poorest countries will lose out if donors do not publish aid information that is easy to link with recipient government budget systems.
How visible are child rights in aid policies and programmes? This Background Note, prepared with UNICEF, proposes a framework to assess that visibility.
The Green Paper opens strongly with a statement of commitment to achieving, by 2013, the UN target of spending 0.7% of national income on aid.
As the number of mobile phone subscribers soars worldwide, this Opinion argues that increasing mobile penetration brings developmental benefits, but effective regulation is required to ensure fair competition and encourage roll-out to underserved areas.
The Opinion outlines three kinds of development benefits resulting from mobile phone technology. First, incremental -- improving what people already do. Second, transformational - offering people something new, such as m-banking. And third, production benefits that result from the creation of new livelihoods.
The assumption being tested in this study is that diaspora organisations, can be positive drivers of social, political and economic development in their countries of origin. This paper presents a case study of two Sierra Leone diaspora organisations based in London; the District Development Association (KDDA) and the Kono Development Union (KDU).
This Background Note calls for more sensitive analysis of the impact of climate change on water systems and livelihoods, based on the development needs of populations.