The loss of the middle ground: the impact of crises and HIV and AIDS on 'skipped-generation' households
The number of 'skipped-generation' households -- comprised solely of children and the elderly -- is rising as a result of HIV and AIDS.
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Political economy, water and the MDGs
Water resource management is critical for the achievement of many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Too often, the political economy issues that determine whether or not water resources are managed effectively are overlooked. Drawing on research from the Lake Victoria region, this Opinion argues for a greater focus on political economy issues in the drive to reach the MDGs that relate to water.
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Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance Programme in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda
The Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) project was established in 2009 with the goal of improving poor and vulnerable communities’ ability to adapt to change. -
Aid and accountability in health
This project involves research into aid and accountability in the health sector in Uganda and Zambia.
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Livelihoods in crisis: a longitudinal study in Pader, Uganda
Ellen Martin, Celia Petty and James AcidriThis working paper is the third report in a three year study that has monitored changes in the livelihoods of a small group of conflict-affected households in northern Uganda since the beginnings of a peace process in 2006.
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Is the water sector lagging behind education and health on aid effectiveness? Lessons from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Uganda
Water Alternatives Vol2: Issue 3Katharina Welle, Josephine Tucker, Alan Nicol, Barbara EvansPolitical economy approaches can help better understand and address governance, towards improving aid effectiveness and development results in the water sector.
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Conflict, education and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Northern Uganda
Kate Bird, Kate HigginsResearch in Northern Uganda confirms the importance of education in helping communities bounce back following conflict.
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The global financial crisis: Poverty and social protection
Anna McCord and Milo VandemoorteleDeveloping country governments need to do more to address the needs of the poor in the face of the global financial crisis, says a new Briefing Paper by Anna McCord and Milo Vandemoortele.
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Poor countries hit harder than expected by global financial and economic crisis
The global financial and economic crisis is hitting developing countries harder than previously thought, according to a ground-breaking study coordinated by the Overseas Development Institute. ODI and developing country researchers have examined the impact of the crisis, and country level policy responses in ten countries: Bangladesh; Benin; Bolivia; Cambodia; Ghana; Indonesia; Kenya; Nigeria; Uganda; and Zambia. -
Closing the gap between climate adaptation and poverty reduction frameworks
Martin Prowse, Natasha Grist, Cheikh SourangNational frameworks to reduce poverty and adapt to climate change rarely, if ever, interlink.
