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Knowledge, policy and power in international development: a practical framework for improving policy

Publication - Discussion papers - 21 January 2013

Harry Jones, Nicola Jones, Louise Shaxson and David Walker

This ODI Background Note explains how to incorporate an analysis of the dynamics around knowledge, policy and power (KPP) in order to improve the content, process and inclusivity of policy-making.

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Don't build stuff - get people talking: a roundtable discussion of the practical implications of the African Power and Politics

Event - Round-table - 10 January 2013 13:00 - 15:00 (GMT+00)

This roundtable brought together academics and practitioners to debate the practical implications of the Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP) synthesis report.

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Relationships between water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) service delivery and peace-building and state-building: a review of the literature

Publication - Discussion papers - 17 December 2012

ODI Working Papers 362

Nathaniel Mason

There is an increasing desire among policy and programming communities for service delivery in fragile and conflict affected states and situations to yield peace-building and state-building benefits. This paper maps the theoretical relationships and assesses the state of the evidence, which is found to be patchy for service delivery in general, and more so for WASH services.

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The New Deal in difficult places

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 10 December 2012

'The New Deal is an exciting new development, but this shouldn't prevent critical analysis of its limitations'

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The Dhaka Colloquium on Systematic Reviews in International Development

Event - Conference - 10 - 14 December 2012

The Dhaka Colloquium on Systematic Reviews in International Development brings together leading researchers in the field of systematic reviews and policymakers from Asia and beyond to address issues of comprehensive systemic reviews in international development. Maren Duvendack will lead a session on "Assessing 'what works' in International Development: meta-analysis for sophisticated dummies."

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Women to inject new energy into climate and development policies

Publication - Articles and blogs - 6 December 2012

Mairi Dupar

Reporting back from CoP18 climate change conference in Doha, Mairi Dupar explores the role of women in address climate change.

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Fast-Start Finance: where do we stand at the end of 2012?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 5 December 2012

'Developed countries self-report that they have delivered more than $33 billion in fast-start climate finance between 2010 and 2012, exceeding the pledges they made at COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. But how much of this finance is new and additional?'

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Growth and livelihoods in conflict-affected situations: what do we know?

Publication - Briefing papers - 4 December 2012

Richard Mallett and Rachel Slater

This Briefing Paper summarises the findings of a working paper exploring the evidence on growth, economic activity and livelihoods in fragile and conflict-affected situations.

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Mind the gap: the fragile state of the impact evidence base

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 3 December 2012

'What do we do if we need results to justify a development or humanitarian programme, but don’t have the evidence to demonstrate what works?'

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Women and climate change – time to change for good

Publication - Briefing papers - 30 November 2012

Mairi Dupar, Andrew Norton and Philip Lewis

This publication outlines some of the  initial steps the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is taking to ensure that development is both climate compatible and fair to women and men.

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