With no political solution to Ukraine’s conflict in sight, its civilians need aid now Comment | 6 February 2017 | Veronique Barbelet As the fighting in Ukraine intensifies, the country is now on a brink of yet another humanitarian catastrophe. Governments need to press for humanitarian access urgently. Read and comment
G20 support to fossil fuel production: who are the leaders and the laggards? Comment | 12 November 2015 | Elizabeth Bast, Ivetta Gerasimchuk and Shelagh Whitley What are the most encouraging stories of G20 reform to fossil fuel production subsidies – and the most frustrating? Read and comment
G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production: Russia Research reports and studies | November 2015 | Iuliia Ogarenko, Ken Bossong, Ivetta Gerasimchuk, Sam Pickard and Shelagh Whitley This country study compiles publicly available information on fossil fuel production subsidies in Russia in 2013 and 2014. Downloads
The evolving humanitarian system: a truly global approach? Public event | 4 December 2014 18:30 - 19:30 GMT+00 The 3rd HPG Annual Lecture will be delivered by Alexander Alimov of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Addressing the shifts taking place in the humanitarian landscape, with reference to Russia’s... Watch
BRICS development bank, too good to be true? Comment | 6 August 2014 | Zhenbo Hou The willingness and increasing capability of the BRICS, at last, is providing a form of global public good in development finance at a time when many of the global economic governance negotiations are in jeopardy. Read and comment
Will the BRICS provide the Global Public Goods the world needs? Research reports and studies | June 2014 | Zhenbo Hou, Jodie Keane and Dirk Willem te Velde This report examines the role of BRICS and other groupings in providing global public goods in the future. Download
The BRICS lead by example in global governance reforms Comment | 23 July 2013 | Zhenbo Hou 'Two major multilateral agencies have elected BRICS candidates as the Directors-General in the last two months. Are we seeing signs of increased leadership in global governance from the BRICS countries?' Read and comment
Building blocks for equitable growth: lessons from the BRICS Working and discussion papers | January 2013 | Milo Vandemoortele, Kate Bird, Andries Du Toit, Minquan Liu, Kunal Sen and Fábio Veras Soares This ODI Working Paper examines the experiences of four of the BRICS – Brazil, China, India and South Africa – and identifies four key factors shaping the countries’ pattern of growth: people having access to assets; investment in productive activities; social... Download
Linkages between social protection and other social interventions in Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States Projects | August 2012 to October 2012 This project will explore the linkages between social protection and other social interventions for children in countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CEECIS). Find out more
Challenging choices: protection and livelihoods in conflict Briefing papers | June 2010 | Susanne Jaspars, Sorcha O'Callaghan This HPG Policy Brief summarises the findings of research examining the links between protection and livelihoods in conflict. Based on case studies in Chechnya, Darfur, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and Sri Lanka, the study explores the inter-... Download
