Odi Live Events Podcast

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Live recordings of the Overseas Development Institute events, covering everything from climate change to migration, gender to the Sustainable Development Goals. Join our global discussion of international development and humanitarian issues here. Find out more about ODI events: www.odi.org/events

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  • PFI conference 2020 session 2: using analysis to help improve resource allocations

    10/03/2020 Duración: 01h28min

    Chair: Maia King, Lecturer in Economics, Kings College London and ODI Research Associate • Andrew Blazey, Deputy Head of Division OECD • Fiona Davies, ODI Research Associate • Kenneth Mugambe, Director Budget at the Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development • Tsegay Tekleselassie, Research Fellow at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute

  • PFI conference session 1: Making PFM responsive to the demands of public service provision

    10/03/2020 Duración: 01h51min

    Chair: Andrew Lawson, Co-Founder and Technical Director of Fiscus Limited • Neil Cole, Executive Secretary, Collaborative African Budget Reform Initiative • Suzanne Flynn, IMF and Centre for Excellence in Finance • Sam Freedman, Chief Executive, Ark’s Education Partnerships Group • Dorjan Marušič, Former Minister of Health, Slovenia

  • PFI conference 2020: How can PFM support better public services?

    10/03/2020 Duración: 43min

    Sara Pantuliano, Chief Executive, ODI – Introductory remarks • Mark Miller, Director, Public Finance and Institutions Programme, ODI – Framing a future international agenda on PFM and service delivery • Rathin Roy, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy – Country perspectives on PFM and service delivery

  • Universal basic income and universal basic services: what have we learned and what’s next?

    17/02/2020 Duración: 01h32min

    Over the past years, Universal Basic Income (UBI) has increasingly been discussed in countries across the world. India’s 2019 elections featured UBI in a prominent way; a presidential candidate in the United States 2020 elections has made UBI a core platform of his campaign; a decade-long trial is underway in rural Kenya; and since 2010, an average of a book per month is published on the topic. While such policy research and practice are yielding important lessons and learning, UBI is also subject to a growing volume of critical challenge, notably from advocates of expanding collective services, Universal Basic Services (UBS). This webinar brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss whether and how UBI and UBS address growing demands for more inclusive social contracts that include universal social protection at their centre, taking into account country settings (such as South Africa and the UK), select policy trade-offs (such as transfers versus services; guaranteed income versus guaranteed jo

  • Increasing UK investment in Africa

    22/01/2020 Duración: 01h42min

    The UK is an important investor across Africa. Projected population and economic growth across the continent, as well as a high regard for British products, heighten the prospects of future UK investment.  Against the backdrop of Brexit and growing momentum over the African Continental Free Trade Area, we bring together representatives from government, research and the private sector to consider how the UK and Africa can work together to secure mutually beneficial trade and investment. Using key findings from ODI and the African Trade Policy Centre country deep dives on Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, we discuss the opportunities and challenges to boosting UK investment in Africa with the aim of contributing to the development objectives of the continent.

  • Moving away from aid: lessons from country experiences

    17/12/2019 Duración: 01h34min

    Over the past decade, several developing economies have achieved strong and sustained economic growth, moving them up the income per capita ladder and away from aid. Some of these countries are expected to graduate from official development assistance (ODA). What can we learn from these countries that have started or completed the transition from aid to ensure that their development outcomes are sustained and expanded? What type of support would countries in transition from aid need from their development partners? Using key findings and lessons from ODI – in partnership with GIZ – case study research on Botswana, Chile, Mexico and the Republic of Korea, this webinar will seek to address these questions and shed light on the opportunities and challenges for countries managing the transition from aid and for development partners seeking to support them.

  • Challenging the humanitarian status quo: a gender equality revolution

    09/12/2019 Duración: 01h02min

    Nearly 132 million people worldwide are in need of assistance and protection due to conflict, persecution and disasters. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by crises, and are at higher risk of violence, abuse, neglect and discrimination. The specific humanitarian needs of women and girls are often inadequately identified nor addressed in humanitarian responses by governments and agencies. They are also at far greater risk of losing their livelihoods and are exposed to a heightened risk of gender-based violence. A targeted response towards the needs of women and girls must go beyond protection and include meaningful inclusion and participation in all stages of decision-making, from the local to the most senior levels. We must actively challenge the humanitarian system to work better and create more spaces and initiatives that allow women and girls to realise their potential and contribute to the solutions they need to prosper. Evidence shows that when women are included in humanitarian action the

  • Booming Africa: young women and new digital societies

    09/12/2019 Duración: 01h35min

    By 2050 more than half of Africa’s population will be under 25 years old. The booming population is posing challenges to African countries to meet the educational and employment needs of young people. Governments and organisations need to think creatively if they are to address these challenges. Investing more on gender-sensitive programmes and considering the potential of digital technologies could develop opportunities for youth on the continent. Drawing on research from the Youth Forward initiative and the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence programme (GAGE) we address two questions: how can we create better educational and job opportunities for youth – especially young women – in rural and urban Africa? And what role can digital technologies play in this process?

  • Breaking harmful gender norms in health practices and systems

    06/12/2019 Duración: 01h26min

    We cannot wait any longer to shift gender norms, reduce inequalities and set the course for good health for generations to come. Addressing gender inequality and restrictive gender norms benefits the health and development of all genders and is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, protecting human rights for all. With the global health community working to ensure healthy lives and promoting well-being, attention is being turned to the barriers of achieving this goal–namely discriminatory and harmful gender norms embedded in health practices and health systems. In partnership with The Lancet and Stanford University, we discuss research on how gender equality improves overall wellbeing and what we know about best practices for addressing harmful and restrictive gender norms to improve health outcomes. This event will highlight the recently published, Lancet Series on Gender Equality, Norms and Health and generate recommendations and advice for practitioners, researchers and policy makers

  • Strengthening the voice and agency of disadvantaged adolescents

    22/11/2019 Duración: 01h31min

    Adolescents are a driving force for development. If we are to deliver on the 2030 Agenda and ‘leave no one behind’, young people must be provided with the tools needed to reach their full potential. Particularly those who are disadvantaged and often face high levels of stigma, discrimination and exclusion. In commemoration of Universal Children’s Day and the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we discuss ways to develop and strengthen the voice and agency of disadvantaged adolescents. We draw on recent Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) participatory research findings on adolescent refugees, adolescents with disabilities and married adolescent girls.

  • Financing the future of the Belt and Road in Africa

    24/09/2019 Duración: 01h25min

    China's investment in the African continent is increasing at a steady rate, with the country announcing the provision of $60 billion in financial support to Africa at the 2018 China–Africa Cooperation Forum. As China plays an increasingly key role in the continent, we explore the future of Sino–African development relations. In particular looking at the impact and implications of opportunities generated by Chinese investment, such as lending practices by Chinese stakeholders. We also focus on the Belt and Road Initiative in the East African context, looking at how it is financed by state actors and private investors who seek access to Belt and Road opportunities.

  • Women’s empowerment, gender equality and social protection: where next?

    18/09/2019 Duración: 01h36min

    The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development emphasises the critical role of social protection in achieving the SDGs, including gender equality. If appropriately designed and implemented, social protection policies and systems can transform women’s and girls' lives by addressing lifecycle risks and transitions, increasing access to services and infrastructure and promoting women’s and girls' voice and agency. Building on the momentum achieved through this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), we discuss the role of social protection in promoting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment, identifying opportunities and concrete actions for making progress towards gender equality and social protection for all.

  • Accelerating economic transformation in Africa

    16/09/2019 Duración: 01h27min

    For nearly two decades, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda have all sustained average economic growth of 5 per cent or higher. To maintain and top this performance, while making growth more inclusive for their rapidly expanding populations, governments in the region know that the main drivers of their economic growth need to change. Economic transformation is crucial for sustained growth and job creation. However our understanding on how to support economic transformation in different contexts is far from complete. Recent research has stimulated thinking around more targeted and joined up support, especially around sectors. This event discusses approaches and strategies to economic transformation in the region, including high-level coordination among different policy areas and sectoral approaches in the African context.

  • Managing climate risks: adaptation without borders

    12/09/2019 Duración: 01h43min

    We live in a globalised world. Just as people, goods and services cross borders, so do the impacts of climate change and our subsequent adaptation responses. A localised drought, occurring more frequently and intensely as a result of climate change, disrupts a global supply chain, which in turn affects consumers many thousands of miles away. An adaptation response, to increase irrigation by tapping a transboundary river, affects a shared ecosystem and shifts sensitive political dynamics across a region. The stakes are high, yet our current adaptation plans often fail to recognise or account for such transboundary risks or our global interdependence. Ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, ODI and Wilton Park convene a high-level discussion to present new research on transboundary climate risk. Together with our partners, SEI and IDDRI, we are also launching a new initiative–Adaptation without borders–to harness the international cooperation needed to effectively govern and manage such risks. We explore

  • An urban future: humanitarian preparedness

    25/07/2019 Duración: 01h33min

    Over 4.2 billion people currently reside in urban areas. By 2045, it is predicted that the number will increase to six billion, with most growth taking place in Asia and Africa. Against this backdrop, there has been a sharp rise in crises affecting cities over the past decade. Many aid agencies have started to urbanise their response, taking into considering the dynamism of cities, resilience on markets and intricate logistics, and the diverse range of populations' needs. While the humanitarian sector recognises that the traditional ways of working in rural areas need revising with tools more suited to urban areas. Most practitioners still lack the practical guidance needed to capitalise on what cities have to offer and take the long view to build help build resilience. This event launches the Humanitarian Practice Network's Good Practice Review on humanitarian response in urban contexts and addresses the following: How can the humanitarian sector better balance between responding to the immediate needs bu

  • Growth from below: tackling poverty from the bottom up

    19/07/2019 Duración: 01h32min

    In order to meet SDG 8 and secure ‘decent work and sustainable economic growth for all’, governments and their development partners will need to achieve the right balance between promoting ‘growth from below’ (GfB) and ‘growth from above’ (GfA). Policy measures to tighten labour markets will need to be coupled with more strategic efforts to empower women, support asset development and productivity in agriculture and support migration and remittance, to facilitate sustained escapes from poverty. Using the key findings of the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network’s forthcoming Chronic Poverty Report on Growth, this high-level side event at the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) discusses the concept of ‘growth from below’ and its policy implications for sustained poverty reduction in the context of the 2030 Agenda.

  • Moving and learning: rethinking education and skills for global migration

    19/07/2019 Duración: 01h23min

    Education is central to achieving economic and social benefits for migrants of all ages, and their host communities; improving livelihoods and health outcomes, reducing gender inequality and enhancing political participation. Education and skills development are essential for all people on the move, young and old, and especially for women, who are not always able to make the most of the opportunities that migration brings. Too often refugees and other migrants have limited access to education and to opportunities for skills development. This high-level discussion at the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) addresses key questions to move this agenda forward. What would it take to make quality basic education and learning available to all migrant children and young people? How do skills development and life-long learning affect global human mobility? What practical actions can be taken to address the barriers that refugees and other migrants face in? This event is held in collaboration with UNICEF and

  • Merging international NGOs: would less be more?

    12/06/2019 Duración: 01h29min

    NGOs have been central to efforts to improve the humanitarian system. Yet international NGOs are often criticised for a lack of coordination, destructive competition and unnecessary duplication – especially in ‘crowded’ and highly fragile contexts. Some have called for consolidation – reducing the number of international NGOs to increase efficiency and empower local and national organisations, particularly in protracted crises. This proposition warrants attention. Yet it is both complex and potentially controversial. Aid effectiveness: Would consolidation of international NGOs increase efficiency and effectiveness, or would it create larger organisations with the same persistent challenges? Localisation of aid: Would mergers create space for the localisation of aid and empowerment of smaller organisations, or would it lead to the increased dominance of a few ‘mega-agencies’? Trust: Would consolidation demonstrate that international NGOs are sincere about increasing value for money and impact, or be seen as

  • Tackling gender norms through media

    12/06/2019 Duración: 01h34min

    The power of the media to influence gender norms both towards greater equality and reinforcing discriminatory attitudes and behaviour has long been recognised. Through the representation of men and women on television shows, news, social media and advertising, gender norms are demonstrated, negotiated and challenged. Public policymakers and donors support the potential of mass media to educate, and change attitudes and behaviours, investing particularly in edutainment (soap operas) and interactive media such as phone-ins and chat shows. This panel debate critically analyses the power of media as a space for positive change to gender norms, exploring the merits and limitations of different types of mass media, focusing on: - Whether one form of media is more powerful than others for challenging harmful gender norms? - Examples of media influencing campaigns aimed at gender equality back-firing - Whether a cross-media approach is always best to tackle the complexity of gender norms? - Who the power for norm

  • Disasters: impact on child poverty and development

    08/05/2019 Duración: 01h34min

    From droughts in East Africa to floods in Southern India, the impacts of climate change and natural hazards include death and illness, damage to property and infrastructure, disruption to basic services and the loss of livelihood opportunities. The most marginalised people are among the hardest hit in any crisis, with children and adolescents in poverty often the most affected. Natural hazards can displace children, caregivers and service providers, as well as destroy school buildings, health facilities and transport infrastructure. Parents may also pull their children out of school to support the wider household, through unpaid domestic work and/or paid labour. Such immediate impacts on a child's wellbeing are well known. But how do natural hazards experienced during childhood affect future life stages into adolescence and beyond? What are the implications of natural hazards for child and adolescent poverty trajectories? With the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction a few weeks away, there is an oppo

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