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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. Social protection and basic services in fragile and conflict-affected situations

    Publication - Discussion papers - 25 October 2012
    Samuel Carpenter, Rachel Slater and Richard Mallett
    In an effort to generate better understanding and to identify useful lessons and findings for researchers and decision makers working on and in fragile and conflicted-affected situations, this paper synthesises and assesses the available evidence on social protection and basic services (health, education and water) in fragile and conflict-affected situations.
  2. Assessing ‘what works’ in international development: meta-analysis for sophisticated dummies

    Publication - Journal articles or issues - 18 September 2012
    Maren Duvendack, Jorge Garcia Hombrados, Richard Palmer-Jones & Hugh Waddington
    Systematic reviews and meta-analysis are forms of research synthesis that combine studies of adequate methodological quality to produce more convincing conclusions. This article discusses assessing the risk of bias for meta-analysis using diverse case studies.
  3. Stimulating demand for research evidence: what role for capacity-building?

    Publication - Journal articles or issues - 12 September 2012
    Kirsty Newman, Catherine Fisher and Louise Shaxson
    While supply of research information is important, it will only be used to inform policy if it is accessed, valued and understood by policymakers. This article discusses our understanding of demand for research from policymakers; the capacities which underlie it; and how these might be supported.
  4. Women carrying cartons of oil, IDP camp, Uganda
    Women carrying cartons of oil, IDP camp, Uganda

    Women carrying cartons of oil to the distribution site at Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 18 May 2007. WFP is to maintain the 40 percent ration for 1.28 million displaced in northern Uganda its food supplies are normalized.
    License: ODI given rights
    Credit: Manoocher Deghati
    Source: IRIN

    DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme

    Projects - September 2012 to August 2016
    ODI is leading the Evidence and Policy Group for the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme, which seeks to generate high quality evidence on economic growth in low income countries
  5. Research for global transformation - 3rd international conference on research for development

    Event - Conference - 20 - 22 August 2012

    This conference, the third of the series, showcased the work of the National Centre of Competence in Research and looks forward to how research can enable sustainable transformation in development. John Young, ODI's Director of Impact Assessment, Partnerships and RAPID, will present a key note speech on 'Enabling research in global transformation'.

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