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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. Flags of G8 nations on display at the summit in Italy
    Flags of G8 nations on display at the summit in Italy

    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Downing Street
    Source: Flickr

    The G8 at Lough Erne

    ODI On...

    On the 17-18 June, leaders from the G8 countries will gather at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. On the agenda are three key issues: advancing trade; ensuring tax compliance; promoting greater transparency.

    In advance of the summit, ODI researchers will be responding to this agenda and providing an independent commentary on the Lough Erne accountability report, which reviews the G8's delivery against previous summit commitments.

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  2. Kevin Watkins

    The G8 development dividend

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 14 June 2013

    What with talk of shell companies, beneficial ownership and financial regulation it’s tough to work out exactly what’s at stake in the G8 talks on tax and transparency. Throw in a vocabulary that comes with the dark arts of tax evasion – the ‘Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich’ problem is a personal favourite - and you’re heading into the near-impenetrable fog of summit negotiations.

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  3. Katy Harris

    IF only: a wish-list for development campaigns

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 12 June 2013
    'Most in the development community agreed there was both a moral and practical imperative to act on the findings: a quarter million marched in 2005, but engagement rates had been in decline ever since...'
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  5. Overlooking the central Kumasi market at closing time in Kumasi, Ghana
    Overlooking the central Kumasi market at closing time in Kumasi, Ghana

    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Jonathan Ernst / World Bank
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    UK launch of the European Report on Development 2013

    Event - Public event - 10 June 2013 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

    The authors of the European Report on Development 2013 (ERD 2013) will present some of the findings of the report, which provides a contribution to the post-2015 debate, and will put them in perspective with the recent publication of the High-Level Panel Report.

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  9. Hands at the tap
    Hands at the tap

    Several hands cup the water flowing from a tap
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
    Source: IRIN

    Unblocking results: can aid get public services flowing?

    Event - Public event - 3 June 2013 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    This event will explore the findings and policy implications of the latest ODI research on how aid can be best packaged to support governance and institutional development. The research draws on case studies in Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

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