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   Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan

   Event - Conference - 29 November - 1 December 2011

   Ministers from across the globe, from both developing and donor countries, government representatives, parliamentarians, civil society organisations and private sector representatives have come together for the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, from 29 November to 1 December 2011.
   
   

   ODI has produced a range of inputs of relevance to HLF-4, to inform debates and reflect on the challenges and opportunities for policy-makers and the development community. The Busan meeting follows previous conferences in Accra and Paris. These meetings delivered the Accra Agenda for Action and the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. 
   
   We are also producing short audio commentaries throughout the conference. 

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2. Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan

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   Ministers from across the globe, from both developing and donor countries, government representatives, parliamentarians, civil society organisations and private sector representatives have come together for the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, from 29 November to 1 December 2011.
   
   

   ODI has produced a range of inputs of relevance to HLF-4, to inform debates and reflect on the challenges and opportunities for policy-makers and the development community. The Busan meeting follows previous conferences in Accra and Paris. These meetings delivered the Accra Agenda for Action and the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. 
   
   We are also producing short audio commentaries throughout the conference. 

   Find out more
3. Export diversification and climate change: overcoming the new physical and regulatory constraints

   Publication - Articles and blogs - 31 October 2011

   Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics 89

   Jodie Keane

   This article introduces several emerging physical and regulatory challenges to traditional export diversification strategies and then discusses some of the potential development-friendly approaches to dealing with these concerns.

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   GSP graduation: will it reduce poverty?

   Publication - Briefing papers - 21 October 2011

   ODI Project Briefings 67

   Christopher Stevens, Kate Bird, Jodie Keane, Jane Kenna, Dirk Willem te Velde and Kate Higgins

   Europe is reviewing the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), its broadest-based trade policy to support developing country exports. This Project Briefing summarises ODI research, including case studies on Bangladesh, China, India, Kenya, Madagascar and Viet Nam, to identify the potential impact of proposals on key exports.

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   The poverty impact of the proposed graduation threshold in the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) trade scheme

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 21 October 2011

   Chris Stevens, Jodie Keane, Jane Kennan, Kate Bird, Kate Higgins

   This report show the level at which graduation sets ‘the bar’ for assessing the relative effectiveness in reducing poverty of the alternatives.

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6. 

   The new Danish coalition government’s changed approach to development

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 13 October 2011

   After Denmark’s General Election on 15 September 2011 a period of 17 days of intense and hopefully thorough negotiations followed between three opposition parties, which eventually led to a centre-left minority coalition on the 3 October based on a 76-page Government Programme. This has brought 10 years of right-wing coalition government to an end, and has provided an opportunity to review and revise Denmark’s foreign policy.

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7. The achievements and risks of Aid for Trade

   Publication - Articles and blogs - 7 October 2011

   Sheila Page

   This article reviews different types of Aid for Trade (AfT) and argues that some types of trade support are still under-provided and that there are serious risks of conflict of interest in some types of trade support.

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8. Upgrading in value chains: the basis for a new book, 'Markets and Rural Poverty'

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 3 October 2011

   In this blog post Christopher Coles discusses utilising value chain analysis as an approach to development, and summarises conclusions from the new book 'Markets and Rural Poverty: Upgrading in Value Chains '
   

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   Biofuels in Eastern Africa: dangers yes, but much potential as well

   Publication - Briefing papers - 28 September 2011

   ODI Project Briefings 66

   Steve Wiggins, Jodie Keane, Jane Kennan, Henri Leturque and Christopher Stevens

   This Project Briefing explores biofuel production in four countries in Eastern Africa - Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania. It examines major investments, the potential to produce feedstock, and policies in place to foster and regulate the industry.

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10. Scoping study on intra-SSA services trade and regional integration

    Projects - September 2011 to November 2011

    The low level of intra-African trade remains a major concern to Africa, explaining why African Unions Head of State and Government have decided to have as the theme for their next summit to be held in Addis Ababa in January/February 2012 'Boosting Intra-African Trade'. This study will provide a short note on services and services trade in Sub-Saharan Africa, for a forthcoming meeting of Trade officials and Ministers in late 2011 and will also form the basis for a short policy brief to Leaders at the 2012 Summit.

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