ODI events – often hosted at our London HQ and streamed to a global audience – bring together the world’s most influential thinkers to discuss the critical issues of our time.
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Lessons Without Borders: Conversations across the Boundary between Developed and Developing Countries
Event Series | 1 September - 1 December 1999
Find out more Are Donors Part of the Solution, or Part of the Problem? How Can Development Cooperation Help Reach the International Development Targets (IDTs)?
Public event | 30 June 1999
At this meeting, speakers put forward the view that aid makes a stronger contribution to poverty reduction when delivered flexibly on the basis of better forms of partnership with government.
Will cancelling debt contribute to poverty reduction? A practical debate
Public event | 23 June 1999
This event discussed the G7 summit's decision to cancel up to $100 billion of debt owed by the world's poorest nations, and if it would significantly contribute to poverty reduction.
How are the official donors facing up to the challenge? A view from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
Public event | 17 June 1999
At this event, Dag Ehrenpreis discussed a DAC Scoping Study, coordinated by ODI, which provides a 'stock take' on the policy and practice of all major donors.
Poverty in Africa: Why Economic Growth Will Not Be Enough
Public event | 9 June 1999
This event discussed whether growth will not be enough to reduce poverty in Africa, in line with the IDT target of halving poverty by 2015.
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