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Samuel Carpenter, Rachel Slater and Richard MallettIn 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.
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Evaluation in complex ecologies: 26th Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association
The annual American Evaluation Association focused this year on evaluation and complexity. ODI's Simon Hearn presented on Outcome Mapping in complex scenarios.
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The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban: saving the climate?
Working Paper 354Louise van SchaikThis ODI Working Paper examines the behaviour of the EU in international climate talks and explores how the EU could act as a positive force for creating consensus around collective action in the future. -
World Bank annual meeting Japan: CSO panel discussion achieving better health outcomes through investments in social accountability
The 2012 Annual Meeting of the World Bank and the IMF will take place in Tokyo. The Civil Society Organisation Forum will host this event on social accountability and health outcomes.
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Defining climate-related forest activities, finance and expenditure in national budgetary systems
One of a trilogy of papers that explores the concept of ‘climate finance’ in national budgetary systems and proposes pragmatic ways forward that will strengthen the policy debate. This paper focusses on climate-related forest expenditure. -
Assessing ‘what works’ in international development: meta-analysis for sophisticated dummies
Journal of Development Effectiveness Volume 4, issue 3Maren Duvendack, Jorge Garcia Hombrados, Richard Palmer-Jones & Hugh WaddingtonSystematic 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. -
Deliberation, dialogue and debate: why researchers need to engage with others to address complex issues
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Bulletin Volume 43, issue 5Ajoy Datta examines the growth in the use of complexity science to analyse policy issues and questions whether traditional methods of communicating research to policy makers are now inadequate. -
Stimulating demand for research evidence: what role for capacity-building?
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Bulletin Volume 43, issue 5Kirsty Newman, Catherine Fisher and Louise ShaxsonWhile 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. -

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.
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Credit: Manoocher Deghati
Source: IRINDFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme
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 -
Research for global transformation - 3rd international conference on research for development
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'.








