Ministers from across the globe, from both developing and donor countries, government representatives, parliamentarians, civil society organisations and private sector representatives have come together for the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in...
This year's Durban Climate Change Conference faces a challenging agenda. There are major discussions to be had to advance global...
The UN has designated the situation in Somalia the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world. An estimated 12.4 million people across the Horn of Africa are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
ODI's work responding to the...
Members of ODI’s Climate Change Team are engaging in a range of side events, workshops and other events in Bonn. Our particular focus will be on seeing progress from the Transitional Committee of the Green Climate Fund, promoting national ownership of climate...
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has published its Multilateral and Bilateral Aid Reviews, looking at how the aid budget is being spent. A series of blogs by ODI experts respond to the announcement.
This January, the people of Southern Sudan vote in an historic referendum to decide whether the South should remain part of a united Sudan or whether it should secede and become the world’s newest sovereign state. To mark the referendum, ODI has produced a...
Climate finance is central to the agenda of the Cancun meeting because financing is so important to reaching a new agreement. It has also proved to be a deeply contentious issue between developed and developing countries. ODI's work on aims to bring...
Five years from the 2015 deadline for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), world leaders at the United Nations MDG Summit in New York must agree on how best to accelerate progress. There is no time for scepticism or naivety. The MDGs need...
In support of UN World Refugee Day (20 June) and Refugee Week (14–20 June) in the UK, the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI has brought together its research to highlight the interrelated challenges that displacement, migration and urbanisation pose for...
The upcoming UK general election is touted as being the closest in a generation. What will the result mean for international development?