ODI promotes global progress and prosperity by focusing on improving the lives of the world's poorest people. Explore our major research themes, programmes and partnerships.
Topics
Our research and policy work covers a wide range of development and humanitarian issues.
- Climate, environment and natural resources
- Conflict, risk and humanitarian
- civilian security and protection
- conflict and violence
- counter-terrorism
- disasters
- disaster response
- disaster risk reduction
- displacement
- foreign policy
- fragile states
- human rights
- humanitarian
- humanitarian policy
- humanitarian systems
- international humanitarian law
- migration and refugees
- resilience
- security
- Economics, finance and aid
- aid
- aid effectiveness
- cash transfers
- development agencies
- development finance
- donors
- economic development
- economic policy
- emerging economies
- finance
- financial crisis
- financial regulation
- infrastructure
- investment
- jobs and livelihoods
- markets
- public finance
- private sector
- regionalism
- remittances
- social protection
- tourism
- trade
- Governance, politics and institutions
- Poverty, inequality and social issues
- Research, evidence and policy
Where we work
Explore our research on particular countries and regions.
- Afghanistan
- Åland Islands
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Asia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo DR
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Europe
- Faeroe Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Global
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong, China
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea (North)
- Korea (South)
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao PDR
- Latin America
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao, China
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Middle East and North Africa
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- North America
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pacific
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Territory
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Republic of Moldova
- Réunion
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent & Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- United States (USA)
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Key topics
Brexit
Analysing the impact of Britain’s split from the European Union – particularly on developing and emerging economies.
Conflict and violence
Enhancing understanding of the threats facing communities in protracted crises, and the implications of violent insecurity for civilian protection.
Migration and refugees
Challenging established thinking on how to manage global migration and protect people affected by displacement.