Almost half of land disputes over African sugar last more than ten years – new research Press release | 25 February 2019 Researchers calculate land disputes can causes losses of up to US$101 million across a range of agricultural projects in Africa and harm local communities Find out more
Assessing the costs of tenure risks to agribusinesses Research reports and studies | February 2019 | Anna Locke, Lou Munden, Joseph Feyertag and Benedick Bowie The Quantifying Tenure Risk Initiative has developed a new tool to help agribusinesses avoid harmful investment by accurately assessing tenure risk. Downloads
New financing partnerships for humanitarian impact Research reports and studies | January 2019 | Barnaby Willitts-King, Roshni Assomull, John Bryant, Clare McCartney, Tej Dhami and Dominic Llewellyn with Sarah Adamczyk How innovative financing could help to address funding challenges facing the humanitarian system. Downloads
China and development: six things to read in December Insight | 17 December 2018 | Linda Calabrese Covering the 40th anniversary of China's 'reform and opening up', changes to aid rules, China's political structure, and the Belt and Road Initiative. Read and comment
China and international development: six things to read in October Insight | 30 October 2018 | Linda Calabrese Covering debt (a key theme in the commentary around last month’s China-Africa summit) as well as trends in Chinese manufacturing investment. Read and comment
STATEMENT: ODI response to the launch of the World Bank’s human capital index Press release | 10 October 2018 The World Bank is due to launch its new human capital index at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Bali this week Find out more
African Development Bank's landmark deal opens door to scaling up multilateral lending Insight | 5 October 2018 | Chris Humphrey The AfDB's innovative 'Room2Run' deal marks a first for multilateral development banks. Others must follow if global development goals are to be met. Read and comment
Africa 10 years after the global financial crisis: what we’ve learned Comment | 11 September 2018 | Dirk Willem te Velde To prepare for future shocks, African economies must diversify. International aid, better global financial regulation, and targeted finance can all help. Read and comment
Measuring the potential contribution of development finance institutions to economic transformation Research reports and studies | September 2018 | Alberto Lemma DFID is channelling increasing amounts of UK aid through DFIs. This paper evaluates whether their investments are contributing to economic transformation. Downloads
Private infrastructure finance in developing countries: five challenges, five solutions Working and discussion papers | August 2018 | Judith Tyson The level of private finance mobilised for developing-country infrastructure has been far below what's needed. We explore why and offer possible solutions. Downloads
