Projects, networks and partnerships

This research project is reviewing the extent to which gender inequality is reflected in social protection design and evaluation in diverse country contexts. This work aims to contribute to policy dialogues on social protection, vulnerability and poverty, and ultimately to improve social protection policies and programmes.

The aim of this project is to enable real time monitoring of young people’s experience of the current economic crisis using case studies in Viet Nam, Ghana and a third country tbc.

ODI's Social Development programme, funded by UNICEF Viet Nam, is supporting the implementation of the Social Audit of Viet Nam’s Socio-Economic Development Plan and undertaking capacity building work to improve future social development planning.

ODI has been commissioned by UNICEF to undertake a diagnostic of the current social protection environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This will involve generating quantiative and qualitative evidence to inform the development of a social protection framework to be used to influence social protection programming, particularly social protection at risk in the DRC, as undertaken by the government as well as by the UN, donor agencies and NGOs.

Building country resilience to climate change: Identifying strategies to improve youth employment which are pro-poor, low-carbon & capacity-building.

This project explores a range of complex social and economic dynamics associated with and resulting from school violence.

ODI has been commissioned by UNICEF to investigate how previous economic shocks have affected children, to develop a topology of policy response to protect children during economic crises and to advocate for policy changes to protect children in current/future crises.

A comprehensive review and analysis of child rights in development and poverty reduction policy and programming processes, which will feed into an EC toolkit on children’s rights in development cooperation and government programming.