Civil society engagement in tax reformResearch reports and studies | September 2019 | Samuel Sharp, Stephanie Sweet and Alina Rocha MenocalThis project seeks to develop understanding of the role that civil society organisations can play in domestic efforts to strengthen tax systems. Downloads
Civil society engagement in tax reform Projects | December 2018 to September 2019This project seeks to develop understanding of the role that civil society organisations can play in domestic efforts to strengthen tax systems. Find out more
How to win the argument on climate change: a five-point planComment | 4 March 2014 | Simon MaxwellThe paper offers a five-point plan on how to win the public and policy argument on climate change. A plan is necessary because climate change policy is contested, and – like all policy – has winners and losers. Read and comment
El Salvador's progress on governance: Negotiation, political inclusion and post-war transitionResearch reports and studies | June 2011 | Dan Harris and Marta ForestiPart of the Development Progress Stories series, this research focuses on El Salvador's progress in developing a system of governance whereby politics is contested at the ballot box rather than through violent means. Downloads
Jobs, growth and poverty: what do we know, what don't we know, what should we know?Working and discussion papers | May 2011 | Claire Melamed, Renate Hartwig and Ursula GrantThis Background Note summarises the current state of thinking about the relationships between growth episodes and employment, and highlights five trends that are likely to shape effective policy in this area. Download
Mid-Term Evaluation for the World Food Programme (WFP) 2008-2013 Purchase for Progress ReportProjects | December 2010 to August 2011The evaluation aimed to assess what has been achieved by the world Food Programme's Purchase for Progress (P4P) project thus far in terms of overall performance and effectiveness (accountability); and determine the reasons for the observed performance and results... Find out more
Comprehensive new reports show progress on Millennium Development GoalsPress release | 16 September 2010 A set of new reports from ODI provide country-by-country assessment of MDGs and highlight international development advances; while national and global pictures of progress emerge on a new website as the world enters final five-year push on development goals... Find out more
Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Report Card: Measuring Progress Across CountriesResearch reports and studies | September 2010This report presents data on how countries are closing in on the MDG targets. It unpacks the targets and indicators to map out how the development process is playing out across countries and continents. Download
Millennium Development Goals Report Card: Learning from progressResearch reports and studies | June 2010A summary of initial findings from an ongoing review of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which will include a set of league tables. The key message is that progress is possible, with a number of countries making real achievements.... Download
Raising the game: mainstreaming children’s rightsBriefing papers | November 2009 | Caroline Harper and Nicola JonesTwenty years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, children are still 'invisible' in key development debates. Download