The first day focused on International Migration, facilitated by ODI's Jessica Hagen-Zanker and featured a case study developed by the Sri Lankan think tank CEPA, which was delivered by Ajoy Datta. Day 2 focused on working with the media, facilitated by ODI's Leah Kreitzman.
This new report examines the key challenges and opportunities facing European development cooperation and highlights the urgent need to rethink European development policy for new and challenging times.
This paper focuses on how the issues of agriculture and climate change can be considered in Copenhagen.
ODI journal 'Disasters' is commissioning artices for its next edition 'Disaster risk management in a changing climate.'
This document, commissioned by CARE, provides a review of the literature on the nature of pastoralists’ vulnerability in the Horn of Africa (focusing specifically on Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia) and chart ways in which agencies have responded and identifying best practice.
Land issues, particularly its access, ownership and use, are often central to understanding the dynamics of conflict and post-conflict settings, yet an understanding of these issues is minimal amongst the humanitarian community. This policy brief examines the challenges in addressing these issues and the need to look beyond relief to include advocacy, protection and attention to livelihoods and early recovery.
ODI Research Fellow, Dr Priya Deshingkar, has been commissioned to produce a synthesis report detailing the migration patterns and trends in Sub-Saharan Africa and highlight central implications on different policy issues such as natural resource management, livelihoods and development cooperation.
Although rural-urban migrants send smaller amounts of money and carry back lower-end knowledge and skills, there is clear evidence that such transfers are changing rural economies for the better across the globe.
ODI Research Fellow, Dr Priya Deshingkar, has been commissioned by GTZ to prepare a paper entitled 'Migrant transfers and their potential for local development' and participate in the conference 'Rural-Urban Linkages and Migration'.
