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Maximising the developmental value of MDB callable capital: Project findings and policy options

ODI is leading a project on MDB callable capital in collaboration with the MDB Challenge Fund. The aim of the workshop will be to highlight the project’s research findings, engage relevant stakeholders and influence policy discussions on callable capital.

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2023 World Bank Annual Meetings, Marrakech.

How to better reach underserved borrowers

This event will examine what approaches MDBs and DFIs have been taking to increase their lending and support to these underserved markets and what needs to be done to increase support.

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Wind turbine station in South Africa

What’s the fuss? The (unfulfilled) promise of country platforms

This event will examine the role that MDBs can plausibly play in country platforms with the ambition of the JETPs.

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Scottshead Dominica Landscape | Joseph Thomas Photography

Financing resilient prosperity in SIDS

This event brings SIDS finance ministers together with International Finance Institutions and development partners to identify concrete actions needed to ensure this vulnerable group of countries can access the finance needed to cope with shocks, manage debt sustainably and advance towards resilient prosperity over the next decade.

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The role of development finance institutions in addressing food security in fragile economies

Food insecurity remains a critical challenge in fragile states due to economic and political instability. While private sector involvement is key to addressing this, development finance institutions currently invest minimal amounts in agriculture in fragile contexts. This seminar will explore urgent challenges to food security and economic development in fragile contexts, focusing on private sector solutions.

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Flags of the member states of the European Union in front of the EU-commission building

The EU-Africa migration agenda – realising a new partnership

This event will explore what could be done to deliver a migration partnership more strongly oriented towards mutual developmental benefits.

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EU flags against the European Commission Berlaymont building

Policy Conference: What’s next for EU migration and development policy?

A High-level Policy Conference on EU migration and development policy; featuring exclusive evidence, established expertise and open dialogue to inform the direction and shape of future migration and development policy.

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UK Treasury red budget box

A model, modern Treasury? Evaluating spending controls in the UK from 1992-2015

This event will look back at this critical period in the UK Treasury’s history to understand if and how these reforms improved the effectiveness of spending controls.

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  2. Challenging the humanitarian status quo: a gender equality revolution

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  3. Breaking harmful gender norms in health practices and systems

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  4. Booming Africa: young women and new digital societies

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  5. Strengthening the voice and agency of disadvantaged adolescents

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  6. General Election hustings: women’s rights and sustainable development

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  7. UNGA 2019 breakfast event: financing the end of extreme poverty

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  8. UNGA 2019: Building resilience in the Sahel

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  9. Lightning talk: Adaptation without borders – responding to a global challenge

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  10. Financing the future of the Belt and Road in Africa

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  11. Women’s empowerment, gender equality and social protection: where next?

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  12. Accelerating economic transformation in Africa

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  13. Managing climate risks: adaptation without borders

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  14. Twitter chat: the risks and rewards for women in humanitarian aid

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  15. An urban future: humanitarian preparedness

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  16. Moving and learning: rethinking education and skills for global migration

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  17. Growth from below: tackling poverty from the bottom up

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  18. Merging international NGOs: would less be more?

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  19. Tackling gender norms through media

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  20. Financing gender-responsive social protection

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