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Friday, 8 August 2014

Fwd: ODI Newsletter on armed groups, Gaza, public finances and more





ODI - Shaping Policy for Development

Overseas Development Institute (ODI) newsletter
7 August 2014
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  Read what the Taliban and Al-Shabaab think of aid workers  
New research based on interviews with members of armed groups
  Humanitarian agencies often have to negotiate access to conflict zones. This ODI briefing reveals how armed groups in Somalia and Afghanistan perceive outside aid workers.

Read the briefing
 
 
Turning public funds into goods and services
Our new report, with Harvard University, looks at whether poor nations have good enough money management systems to hit targets for things like health, education and welfare.

Read the report
 
The west must stand up for the rights of Gaza's children
ODI Executive Director Kevin Watkins says the carnage in Gaza has called into question the commitment of western governments to a raft of human rights provisions for children.

Read Kevin's blog and the comments
 
 
Mongolian school progress makes headlines worldwide
Upworthy - the globe's fastest growing media website - used some captivating pictures of nomads in Mongolia to illustrate an ODI report on education progress in the nation.

See the pictures and read the research
 
Finding the cash to fight global poverty after 2015
New worldwide development goals are due to be agreed next year. This series of blogs looks at the best ways to make sure someone agrees to pay to make the dreams a reality.

Read the blogs
 

EVENTS
Forthcoming events
Aid in danger: violence against aid workers and the future of humanitarianism
19 August 2014 14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

Global value chains in Asia: is everyone benefiting?
5 September 2014 10:30 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

Tackling trade-offs in the food-water-energy nexus: lessons for the SDGs
11 September 2014 10:30 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

Agricultural policy processes in Africa
24 September 2014 09:30 - 17:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

Senior leadership programme on risk management and disaster response
13 October Beijing

Professional course on disaster management in Asia and the Pacific
16 October Beijing

Finding 'evidence' for what works in security and justice programming
20 October 2014 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

The 2014 CAPE conference: Does money matter? The role of finance in supporting the sustainable development goals
12 - 13 November 2014
 

RESOURCES
Publications
Briefing papers

Fossil fuel subsidies in developing countries

Negotiating perceptions: Al-Shabaab and Taliban views of aid agencies

Research reports

Social protection and growth: research synthesis

Humanitarian trends and trajectories to 2030: North and South-East Asia

Review of literature on finance and policy interventions that support the environmental dimension of sustainable development

Toolkits
 
Working papers

Surveying livelihoods service delivery and governance - baseline evidence from Nepal

Incredible budgets - budget credibility in theory and practice

Social protection and growth
 
 
IN THE MEDIA
Ebola discussion
BBC Radio 4 - 2 August 2014
 

 
 
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