After 2015: progress and challenges for development
Claire Melamed and Lucy Scott
This Background Note maps out current thinking on the impact of the Millennium Development Goals and options for the future.
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The politics of Evo Morales' rise to power in Bolivia
Rafael Loayza Bueno, Ajoy DattaThis report examines the role of social movements and think tanks in recent Bolivian politics. -
Risk in humanitarian action: towards a common approach?
Victoria Metcalfe, Ellen Martin and Sara PantulianoThis paper explores the range of contextual, programmatic and institutional risks involved in humanitarian action, and how these risks are viewed and managed by the humanitarian community. -
Managing change and cultivating opportunity: the case for a capability index measuring countries' ability to manage change
A joint ODI/KPMG report which states the case for a capability index which measures countries' ability to manage change. -
What's driving the rise of southern aid agencies?
Jonathan Glennie comments on the recent announcement of South Africa's new aid agency, which confirms that we are entering an era where it is normal to give aid as well as receive it. -
Responding to external economic shocks: why state capacity and political incentives matter
This Project Briefing reviews policy responses to the global financial crisis, setting out useful frameworks and concepts to inform more effective assistance for countries affected by future crises.
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International assistance to political party and party system development
What might more effective support for political party and party system development look like? This synthesis report draws on country studies from Georgia, Nepal, Nigeria and Uganda as well as a regional review of Latin American experiences to consider this, and provides operational recommendations for the future. -
Communication for impact: helping researchers influence policy
The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie, www.3ieimpact.org) is a new initiative dedicated to improving development outcomes through better use of evidence from quality impact evaluations. The main challenge for the organisation is to promote influential impact evaluations that will help improve policies and programs and ultimately affect many lives in developing countries.
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Estrategias de sobrevivencia
En esta charla Enrique Mendizabal, reconociendo la importancia de las redes y de la investigación, propone estrategias para potenciarlas e influenciar políticas gubernamentales.
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Is fretting about US and EU biofuel policy missing the point?
By Steve Wiggins and Henri LeturqueWith food prices rising again, concern rightly mounts over land being used to grow biofuels. The culprits, some think, are the US and EU mandates and subsidies for replacement of transport fuels from oil by biofuels. While there is good reason to criticise these policies, this rather misses the point.