Is there a role for the G8 in helping developing countries raise tax revenues?
Tax is a hotly debated issue in the run-up to the G8 summit in June 2013, with western media featuring headline news on tax avoidance every day: Starbucks, Google, Apple.
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Who Counts? The Power of participatory statistics
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Credit: Practical Action
Source: Practical ActionWho counts? The power of participatory statistics
ODI, in partnership with Practical Action Publishing and the Institute of Development Studies, are delighted to host Jeremy Holland who will speak about his most recent book Who counts? The power of participatory statistics.
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Women traders buy fish from fishermen to trade at Ngwenye market in Mpulungu, Zambia
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Credit: Guy Oliver
Source: IRINLow income countries in the global economic recovery: strengths, vulnerabilities, role of the IMF
This roundtable explored the economic situation in low income countries (LICs) and the role of the International Monetary Fund.
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The role of development finance institutions in cushioning investments in vulnerable countries
This article explores the role of development finance institutions in cushioning investments in vulnerable countries. -
If we want to change the world, where's the cash going to come from?
'We have deliberately rejected a simplistic understanding of how finance operates, analysing country context, sources of finance, techniques used to translate money into action, and accountability of financial actors.' -
Trading the way out of poverty: roundtable with Chief Alan Kyerematen
Roundtable with Chief Alan Kyerematen, former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ghana exploring how developing countries can best trade themselves out of poverty.
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Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen
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Credit: WTO/Studio Casagrande
Source: FlickrWhat next for the World Trade Organization?
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Trade Out of Poverty (TOP) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD) are holding a joint event on the future of the WTO and its role in global development, featuring former nominee for the post of WTO Director General, Alan Kyerematen.
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The accountability of the G20’s development agenda: perspectives and suggestions from developing countries of the Commonwealth and Francophonie
In a paper prepared for the Commonwealth - Francophonie - G20 Development Working Group Meeting, this paper presents perspectives and suggestions from developing countries of the Commonwealth and Francophonie. -
The role of trade and investment in the post-2015 global development agenda
'Expanding trade and investment capabilities and opportunities are the key pathways to increasing the income and living standards of households in LICs and LDCs as well as helping countries to become less aid dependent.' -
Live stream launch of the European Report on Development 2013
Live stream of the launch event for The European Report on Development (ERD) 2013. The latest report aims to provide an independent European contribution to the emerging debate on a possible post-2015 consensus on international development.