HPG’s latest research examines the role of non-DAC donors in relation to three contexts – the response to the Israeli offensive in Lebanon in 2006; the response to the earthquake of 2005, and floods in June 2007 in Pakistan; and the ongoing response to the protracted conflict in Darfur, Sudan.
Bill Gates has warned that climate change finance should not be diverted from other development priorities (Health funding in danger, says Gates, 25 January). Whether climate finance will be additional to official development assistance (ODA, or ‘aid') is hotly debated. Some climate finance can be classified as aid (within the OECD-DAC creditor reporting system) so the question remains: is newly announced climate finance really additional, or is it just recycled aid?
This conference was aimed at boosting understanding of the development of civil society in Jordan, to chart out future direction of both policy and research, to disseminate knowledge off, and about civil society to all concerned and to increase interaction between civil society organisations and research institutes. Ajoy Datta delivered a presentation on the linkages between knowledge, politics and power.
First, according to the plan, a Copenhagen deal must prioritise global fossil fuel subsidy reform.
Children in the Middle East and North Africa are feeling the effects of the global financial crisis. A new ODI Background Note urges governments in the region to see the crisis as an opportunity to strengthen social protection systems.
Commissioned by UNICEF, this paper outlines the impact of the ‘Triple F crisis’ (food, fuel, financial) on children and women in the Middle East and North Africa. It finds that the crisis is already undermining children’s rights to nutrition, education and protection from child labour. It calls on governments in the region to strengthen social sector spending and social protection systems.
This Working Paper analyses the relationship between protection and livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Elections are often a barometer for the state of democracy in a country, and are part of the political process. As such, donors need to be aware that their role is limited, as is their influence on the process or results. Too often, donor support for elections is focused on the months or weeks in the run-up to polling day, and is based on the provision of observers and technical assistance. Donors are, increasingly, recognising the limitations of their current approach, and the Opinion encourages them to shift to longer-term and consistent support to the electoral process.
This project produces a diagnosis of the tourism industry in Libya and the Cyrene Declaration Area specifically, and uses this diagnosis to outline strategic options and recommendations for the Green Mountain Project.